What do you think of these Welsh girl names?

Anwen.


Carys.


Eleri.


Guinevere.


Rowena.

What do you think of these Welsh girl names?
Guinevere isn't a Welsh name (there's no v in Welsh).


The Welsh for Guinevere is Gwenhwyfar.





The rest are fine...how about Bethan, Gwenda, Nia, Alwena, Rhian, Hâf, Eirlys?





Hâf is Welsh for 'summer' it's pronounced like the English 'halve'.





As for Karys...there's no 'k' in Welsh either.


Eirlys is Welsh for 'snowdrop'





Welsh names don't have the 'double n'...Rhianne is English, Rhian is Welsh. Bryn (not Brynn) is a boy's name, it means 'hill'.





Here are some more...


http://www.20000-names.com/female_welsh_...
Reply:I love love Guinevere! Rowena is a lovely, feminine alternate to the masculine boy's name Rowan. Carys is growing on me.





The only one I really dislike is Eleri. To me it looks like it should be a nickname for something.





[Edit] Guinevere is derived from Gwenhwyfar (GWEN hi var).
Reply:Eleri, Llinios, Llio, Sian, Rhainnon... Found a great thread with loads of welsh names for you here http://my.bounty.com/Forums/TreeLeaves.a...
Reply:Ah, Welsh names! I love them :)





Carys is my all time favourite name, and spelled that way too.


Eleri is ok, however i'm not keen on Anwen, Guinevere and Rowena.





How about Rhian, Eilidh and Ffion and Cerys?





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Reply:My mum was called Eirlys - she was Welsh (as I am) but we lived in England and no-one was ever able to pronounce her name properly so she ended up calling herself Liz to her friends. As teenagers, if we wanted to annoy her we'd call her Snowdrop (she didn't like that!). I love the name Carys.
Reply:Anwen. - Doesn't sound very pretty


Carys. - I like this name, it's sweet for a little girl


Eleri. - Not sure how to pronounce that


Guinevere. - no, she will be teased


Rowena. - not sure if I like it or not
Reply:I like Carys (or even Cerys, as in Cerys Matthews).


What about Brynn? I'm sure that's Welsh and I love it. I can't use it tho as my girl's middle name has to be Lynne ...Brynn Lynne, can you imagine?? I'm not that cruel tho!
Reply:I like them all, although Rolyn- yn flîn ddiawledig is certainly right since he's a source himself.





But don't do Rowena. There is a German hoover trademark called Rowenta..... Hope that tells it all.





Wish you well!


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Reply:I like Eleri the best. The others are okay but not great.





♥ Bee
Reply:Anwen - No, sorry, sounds like 'and when'


Carys - very pretty


Eleri - sounds like celery


Guinevere - reminds me of a medieval wench


Rowena - no again. Dont know why though.
Reply:Anwen = I don't like it that much...


Carys = It's okay, I suppose


Eleri = I like it...it's cool ;)


Guinevere = It's okay...


Rowena = It's nice...
Reply:I like Carys and Eleri. I have family who live in North Wales and have heard of all these names. Very nice. I also like Rhianne.
Reply:I've always loved Enfys (pron enviss) ever since I saw it in a baby magazine when my daughter was small- it means rainbow





I also really like Aoife (pron eefah), which means radiant beauty
Reply:I realy like Carys...just pretty. Anwen and Eleri are nice too but probably as middle names?
Reply:I Love Eleri! pronounced Al-air-y





Haf is pronounced Harv





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Reply:It has to be Carys its a lovely name for a child and a woman also.
Reply:Eleri, Nia
Reply:Carys is my favorite.
Reply:Rowena.


Its cute
Reply:Carys is the only one I like. I've also seen it spelt Karys.
Reply:Not much of a fan of Anwen - it's too much like Arwen from Lord of the Rings.





Did you consider Rhiannon?
Reply:I like two of them; Carys and Eleri.
Reply:What about Blodwin?
Reply:I like Carys
Reply:I like Carys....
Reply:its just ok


i like rowena


i know someone with that name