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two little additional notes:

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There's another Welsh girl's name derived from gwlad - Gwledyr (goo-LED-eer) - a much nicer name. Gwladys is pronounced goo-LAD-iss of course.

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Many Welsh names are derived from Latin names, and it got to be a bit of a habit for early etymologists to try to find a similar Latin name. Welsh names that really are from Latin include:
Einion (Annianus)
Ieuan (Iohannes, as opposed to Ioan and Sion, from English John)
Edern (Aeternus)
Padern (Paternus)
Meirchion (Marcianus - but Welsh March is from a word meaning horse, not from Latin Marcus)
Anarawd (Honoratus)
Annun (Antonius)
Arthur (Artorius, but correctly pronounced arth-eer in Welsh)
Elffin (Alpinus)
Awst (Augustus)
Meurig (Mauricius)
Iestyn (Justinus)
Pedrwn (Petronius)
Ynyr (Honorius)

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And many others. Not many women's names though - Sefera (fem. form of Severus) is the only one I can think of offhand.

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:)