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Have been trying to find out the origin of the Female name of Deryl.
The name has a definite Welsh background.
The name has a definite Welsh background.
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Sounds like a cross between Derry and Darryl, neither of which is feminine.
I checked my copy of *Enwau Cymraeg i Blant* and couldn't find any Welsh name like "Deryl" listed in there, either. The closest-sounding, feminine name there was "Derwena" (feminine form of "Derwen" meaning "oak"); and then there was the masculine name of "Deri" meaning "oaks".
I suspect this is an invented name -- unless somebody else here can come up with a history for it.
-- Nanaea
I checked my copy of *Enwau Cymraeg i Blant* and couldn't find any Welsh name like "Deryl" listed in there, either. The closest-sounding, feminine name there was "Derwena" (feminine form of "Derwen" meaning "oak"); and then there was the masculine name of "Deri" meaning "oaks".
I suspect this is an invented name -- unless somebody else here can come up with a history for it.
-- Nanaea
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