I’m crediting @LeafTree for this idea. I hope you don’t mind me copying!
Brief Summary:
I had originally planned to produce a list of Welsh names, taken from Enwau Cymraeg i Blant (Welsh Names for Children), like I have done previously. But when I went to make my list and found that descriptions can no longer be added to each individual name, I decided it wouldn’t work. I wasn’t sure how to go about sharing the names until I came across LeafTree’s NOTD topic.
Detailed Summary (feel free to ignore)
When I first joined Nameberry there was a lack of Welsh names in the database and the names that did exist generally had incorrect meanings, pronunciations or origins. In the past, I shared a select list of Welsh names from Enwau Cymraeg i Blant (Welsh Names for Children) that I considered to be easy to pronounce. Many of these were added or updated in the database.
My plan over the Christmas/New Year’s period was to produce a new list of Welsh names not in the database (or not in the database with a Welsh origin). But when I went to make my list I found that descriptions can no longer be added to each individual name on a list.
I had been racking my brain over the last couple months trying to figure out what to do. I considered writing a list of names and submitting it anyway but I figured it wouldn’t be very effective if it lacks pronunciations and meanings. Next, I considered making several posts in the What Names Have We Missed? thread but thought that would end up getting annoying. Lastly, I considered making my own topic with a list of the names but again thought that would be annoying and information overload.
And then I saw the Llewellyn’s complete book of names NOTD thread and I thought the idea was genius.
I plan to post a name a day. And, while I would like to post every name in the book, I will probably skip the names with more complex pronunciations and the names with a lack of information (unless I find them particularly interesting). I will also make sure I don’t post the same names as LeafTree.