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in reply to a message by Kyt
(some welsh pronounce things slightly differently though, and i've haven't heard of a good few of these names before, but still ...)
*double L = loosely said 'cl' sound
GIRLS:
Ceinlys - cainlis
Gwenfyl - gwenvil
Gwylan - gwillan
Gwyneirys - gwin-ay-riss
Ellylw - (?) e*i-lew
Enfys - enviss
Esyllt - ess-i*t
Sulwyn - sull-win
Llawela - *awella
Lleucu - *ay-key/kew
Mairwen - myre-wen
Myfanwy - mi-van-wee
Isolde - (?) Probably like it looks
BOYS:
Cymry - kum-ree (but that means Wales ... Doubt if anyone would use that as a first name)
Cynyr - kun-ir
Eilir - ay-leer
Hywyn - hiw-in
Iau - like 'eye' with a Y infront > Means Thursday when used with 'dydd'
Ianto (and meaning if known) - yan-to
Ioseff - yo-seff
Islwyn - (?) is-ill-win
Glwys - gliw-iss
Llyfni - *iv-nee
Myfyr - miv-ir
Selyf - sell-iv
Sial - see-al (?)
Sieffre - see-eff-r (?)
Siencyn - see-en-kin (possibly pronounced with a 'sh')
Sion - shon (with a long 'o'> actually spelt siôn)
Sionyn - ^ same with 'in' at end (never heard of it though)
Sior - shore
Rhun - (h)run
Wmffre - (?)
Ynyr - un-ir
Ysfael - is-vile/vale
Siarl - (?) shee-arl
Taredd - ea-reth (with a 'th' like in 'breathe'
Twm - toom (?)
And just to add again, I've never come across quite a lot of these (but I've put pronunciations in anyway). And I'm from N.Wales, and we have some things spelt and pronounced slightly differently.
Why the long list, anyway?
- Eleri
*double L = loosely said 'cl' sound
GIRLS:
Ceinlys - cainlis
Gwenfyl - gwenvil
Gwylan - gwillan
Gwyneirys - gwin-ay-riss
Ellylw - (?) e*i-lew
Enfys - enviss
Esyllt - ess-i*t
Sulwyn - sull-win
Llawela - *awella
Lleucu - *ay-key/kew
Mairwen - myre-wen
Myfanwy - mi-van-wee
Isolde - (?) Probably like it looks
BOYS:
Cymry - kum-ree (but that means Wales ... Doubt if anyone would use that as a first name)
Cynyr - kun-ir
Eilir - ay-leer
Hywyn - hiw-in
Iau - like 'eye' with a Y infront > Means Thursday when used with 'dydd'
Ianto (and meaning if known) - yan-to
Ioseff - yo-seff
Islwyn - (?) is-ill-win
Glwys - gliw-iss
Llyfni - *iv-nee
Myfyr - miv-ir
Selyf - sell-iv
Sial - see-al (?)
Sieffre - see-eff-r (?)
Siencyn - see-en-kin (possibly pronounced with a 'sh')
Sion - shon (with a long 'o'> actually spelt siôn)
Sionyn - ^ same with 'in' at end (never heard of it though)
Sior - shore
Rhun - (h)run
Wmffre - (?)
Ynyr - un-ir
Ysfael - is-vile/vale
Siarl - (?) shee-arl
Taredd - ea-reth (with a 'th' like in 'breathe'
Twm - toom (?)
And just to add again, I've never come across quite a lot of these (but I've put pronunciations in anyway). And I'm from N.Wales, and we have some things spelt and pronounced slightly differently.
Why the long list, anyway?
- Eleri
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