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neverdespairgirl wrote: »that poor child is going to spend her entire life spelling her name....
Why? It's pronounced differently. It isn't an unusual spelling of Amelia, it's a different name.
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »My Dad's gone through life with a fairly common name, spelt in the very uncommon Welsh way. It's caused him no end of grief.
Dafydd? Garydd? Huw?(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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peachyprice wrote: »Why? It's pronounced differently. It isn't an unusual spelling of Amelia, it's a different name.
Emelia is of Latin origin, Amelia is of German origin.
I know. But people are going to assume it's Amelia when they hear it, they sound very similar....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
seven-day-weekend wrote: »Dafydd? Garydd? Huw?
There's lots of 'em - those you mentioned, plus Owain (Owen), Alun (Alan), Eoin, Glynn, Gavyn, Gwilym (William), Gruffudd (Griffith), Hywel (Hugh), Aeddan (Aiden), Awstin (Austin), Barri (Barry), Deiniol (Daniel) etc.
I have Welsh ancestors with fantastic names such as Caradoc, Angharad, Ehangwen and Blodeuwedd, but I'm not going to inflict any of them on my children!...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
I wouldn't necessarily call any of the names in the poll "lovely". They're all quite ordinary/bland. That pretty much reflects in the voting pattern. No clear winner.
The fact that this thread exists is a classic example of the lack of imagination prevalent in the majority of people.
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »There's lots of 'em - those you mentioned, plus Owain (Owen), Alun (Alan), Eoin, Glynn, Gavyn, Gwilym (William), Gruffudd (Griffith), Hywel (Hugh), Aeddan (Aiden), Awstin (Austin), Barri (Barry), Deiniol (Daniel) etc.
I have Welsh ancestors with fantastic names such as Caradoc, Angharad, Ehangwen and Blodeuwedd, but I'm not going to inflict any of them on my children!
I love Caradoc! :rotfl:
Our surname is an English spelling of a Welsh name meaning Son of Madoc
Caradoc Madoc, there's beautiful.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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seven-day-weekend wrote: »I love Caradoc! :rotfl:
Our surname is an English spelling of a Welsh name meaning Son of Madoc
Caradoc Madoc, there's beautiful.
The ancestor I'm thinking of was called Caradoc Owain Pritchard, which is about as Welsh a name as you can imagine (-:
His mother was Angharad....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
The fact that this thread exists is a classic example of the lack of imagination prevalent in the majority of people.
I think lack of imagination is a very valuable thing when it comes to naming babies....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
You need to watch out for things that rhyme, and names that are the same as men's names for their bits'n'bobs, or anything that can be turned into a girls name.
So Daniel = Danny, rhymes with...
William = willie = definitely along the same lines as calling a kid Toby , other problem with William is it gets shortened to Billy, which has sectarian connotations in some regions.
Joseph becomes Josephine and "not tonight Josephine"
Oliver is far too common and will be "twisted" no matter how hard you try to stop it.
That leaves Joshua and Benjamin - both lovely names, just like the rest of the list, but a bit harder to find something to do with. I'd go for Joshua, as long as I was happy when it was shortened to Josh.Member of the first Mortgage Free in 3 challenge, no.19
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Really, why?neverdespairgirl wrote: »I think lack of imagination is a very valuable thing when it comes to naming babies.0
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