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Well, Mike, I don't claim to have anywhere near the knowledge of Welsh names that Merriment does (a ggdad from Pembrokeshire's a fairly thin connection), but can't say that "Erin" (f) sounds or pronounces like a traditional Welsh name. The initial "eh" sound isn't very Welsh.

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I even e-mailed a family friend (native of Swansea) and she replied, "Erin? That would be Irish." So that's my (our) opinion, FWIW.

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Which is not to say Erin's not a "Welsh" name if people of Welsh extraction bear it. Just that it came from somewhere else first. And there's no discrace in that...

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Regards,

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Da.

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