New Post
Search
Help
ArchivesPronunciation questions about two Welsh names.
First, the female name Siwan.
This was under comments on the name.
Pronounced "SHOO-awn". I think this name is beautiful! Joan isn't a very pretty name for me and Siwan and the Gaelic "Siobhán" really beautify this rather dull name.
Is it really pronounced like that, and is it therefore fairly similar to Siobhan? I know that Siobhan is pronounced differently, but they seem to both trace back to John.
The second is the male name Alun. I know that it is a variant of Alan, and I was wondering if it is pronounced the same way.
Thank you so much, any help is greatly appreciated!
Ioan Gruffudd in Amazing Grace
This was under comments on the name.
Pronounced "SHOO-awn". I think this name is beautiful! Joan isn't a very pretty name for me and Siwan and the Gaelic "Siobhán" really beautify this rather dull name.
Is it really pronounced like that, and is it therefore fairly similar to Siobhan? I know that Siobhan is pronounced differently, but they seem to both trace back to John.
The second is the male name Alun. I know that it is a variant of Alan, and I was wondering if it is pronounced the same way.
Thank you so much, any help is greatly appreciated!
1
Replies
Alun is pronounced pretty much the same as Alan. It's AL-in. The u makes the same sound that a 'y' in English would make. Imagine it spelt Alyn.
Siwan is pronounced See-oo-an according to http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/colinandcumberland/south/littleblackbook/wordbank/introducing_yourself.shtml (listen to the pronunciation).
However SHOO-an could also be possible because sometime si makes a 'sh' sound i.e. Sion, Sian. The w makes an 'oo' sound so it could be SH-OO-an.
The first pronunciation is from South Wales so perhaps their is a difference between North and South.
Siwan is pronounced See-oo-an according to http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/colinandcumberland/south/littleblackbook/wordbank/introducing_yourself.shtml (listen to the pronunciation).
However SHOO-an could also be possible because sometime si makes a 'sh' sound i.e. Sion, Sian. The w makes an 'oo' sound so it could be SH-OO-an.
The first pronunciation is from South Wales so perhaps their is a difference between North and South.
This message was edited 2/28/2007, 2:57 AM
1
Thank you so much. : )
1