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Does any one know how to pronounce the welsh boys name Iolo?
It is a pet form of Iorwerth which is the welsh version of Edward. I have looked on loads of sites but can't find one which tells me how to say it. This was the name of a character in a book I read when I was young and I always said it eye-oh-low but don't think this is right. Any suggestions? Thankyou
It is a pet form of Iorwerth which is the welsh version of Edward. I have looked on loads of sites but can't find one which tells me how to say it. This was the name of a character in a book I read when I was young and I always said it eye-oh-low but don't think this is right. Any suggestions? Thankyou
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Hi Savie,
I'll just quote the book "Celtic Baby Names" by Judy Sierra, but you'd better wait until Merriment confirms (as there have been a couple of mistakes in that book already!):
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Iolo m. (YOH-loh) A common nickname for Iorwerth, often used as a name in its own right. Iolo Morganwg (Iolo of Glamorgan) was the bardic name of Edward Williams (1747-1826), stonemason, poet, scholar and initiator of the modern National Eisteddfod.
Iowerth m. (YOHR-wayrth) From Norse 'iôr' "lord" + Welsh 'gwerth' "value, worth". From the Middle Ages to the present, Iorwerth has been use as a Welsh version of Edward.
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Regards, Satu
I'll just quote the book "Celtic Baby Names" by Judy Sierra, but you'd better wait until Merriment confirms (as there have been a couple of mistakes in that book already!):
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Iolo m. (YOH-loh) A common nickname for Iorwerth, often used as a name in its own right. Iolo Morganwg (Iolo of Glamorgan) was the bardic name of Edward Williams (1747-1826), stonemason, poet, scholar and initiator of the modern National Eisteddfod.
Iowerth m. (YOHR-wayrth) From Norse 'iôr' "lord" + Welsh 'gwerth' "value, worth". From the Middle Ages to the present, Iorwerth has been use as a Welsh version of Edward.
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Regards, Satu
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