Not many this month:
(m)
Jacob Llewelyn, parents Osian &
Sian, brother
Tomos(f)
Gwenllian Haf, parents
Sioned &
Neil(m)
Sion Ellis, parents
Anna &
Paul, brothers
Gethin &
Ben(m) Math Iolen, parents
Elin & Hedd, brother
Cian, grandparents Cynrig &
Carys(f)
Carlota, parents
Ceri &
Gethin(m)
Tomos Hedd, parents
Thomas &
Angharad, sibs Alaw
Haf & Efan
Sion, grandparents Ifor & Valmai
Not in the database:
Math was a wizard king in the Mabinogion.
Iolen is pronounced YO-len and is really unusual - meaning unknown.
Hedd (heth) is the Welsh word for peace
Cynrig (CUNrig) is the name of a river and means 'stream from the heights'
Valmai seems to have been invented around 1899 in Wales and had a little popularity spike between then and the 1950s - I see it a lot in obituaries. It's a bit of a mystery. Nobody seems to know where it came from originally, and V is not a letter in Welsh.
This message was edited 9/9/2010, 2:52 AM