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in reply to a message by Anneza
Does this mean we gave her a boy's name? Like I said, I couldn't find it in any name databases, but only found girls with the name in Canada.
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Well, Welsh speakers would assume that a name where the spelling was -wyn at the end was a male form. But that doesn't mean that the spelling "Annwyn" has ever been used as a male name in Wales. The Welsh mythological place seems to be spelled as Annwn or Annwfn in Welsh. So "Annwyn" would be a modern creation based on the ancient Welsh word, and wouldn't necessarily have any currency as a word or a name in Wales itself.
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Thanks:)
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