Emlyn

My middle name is Emlyn, and every once in a while I get curious to see what the current consensus is about the meaning. I grew up understanding that it meant "waterfall," but when I was procrastinating in my college library one time I read that it meant something completely different! (I can't remember now, it might have been "warrior" or "thunder" or something else I didn't really identify with) Again, 15 years later I googled it while searching for names for my own children and saw it listed almost exclusively as a place name, as in "Newcastle Emlyn." It's now been another 10 years and I am not sure why I got the itch, but this most recent search has revealed mostly "Industrious" or "Rival," ugh! I was therefor pleased to find the variation listed on this website. Glens, in my experience, often have brooks and falls. So I feel like "Emlyn" has almost come full circle, back to "Waterfall." Why the consensus changes so much and so frequently is a question, though.
On another note I, too, have observed that the majority of sites list the name as "Masculine," but my understanding is that this implies historical use. I can't really judge whether it "seems" masculine or feminine. Admittedly, I have never been the most feminine female, but female I am and Emlyn suits me fine.

My name is Emlyn, I'm female, and in many of my books the name means "waterfall".