My faves are:
[name]Bronwen[/name]
[name]Seren[/name]
[name]Carys[/name]
[name]Arwen[/name]
[name]Brynn[/name]
What are yours?
My faves are:
[name]Bronwen[/name]
[name]Seren[/name]
[name]Carys[/name]
[name]Arwen[/name]
[name]Brynn[/name]
What are yours?
Elowen
[name]Arwen[/name]
[name]Rhiannon[/name]

[name]Arwen[/name]
[name]Arianwen[/name]
[name]Bronwyn[/name]
[name]Cerys[/name]
Elowen
[name]Gwendolen[/name]
[name]Seren[/name]
[name]Tegan[/name]
I love…
[name]Seren[/name] (means star)
Aderyn (means bird)
Angharad (means beloved)
Tesni (means warmth from sun)
[name]Nia[/name] (means radiance/brightness)
[name]Catrin[/name] (variant of [name]Catherine[/name])
[name]Elain[/name] ([name]Elle[/name]-ain-n, not like [name]Elaine[/name].) (Means [name]Fawn[/name])
[name]Bethan[/name] (variant of [name]Bethany[/name])
Medi (means [name]September[/name])
[name]Mai[/name] (Means [name]May[/name])
[name]Lowri[/name] (welsh form of [name]Laura[/name])
Awen (Can mean whit, inspiration and breeze, Awel also means breeze.)
Cadwyn (Means locket)
Alaw (means melody)
Derwen (Means [name]Oak[/name] tree)

[name]Wales[/name] is a beautiful country and my husband’s family is Welsh. So many of the names have such great meanings like Angharad (beloved), but I can’t pronounce them :(.
Lately I’ve been finding a lot of Welsh girl’s names that I love:
[name]Rhiannon[/name]
[name]Briallen[/name]
[name]Carys[/name]
[name]Eleri[/name]
I also love [name]Rhiannon[/name].
Want to add Gwenhamara to the list. [name]Love[/name] this name!
All of them! :lol: I’m very easily persuaded on the welsh front. [name]Even[/name] if they’re really obscure. [name]Even[/name] if everybody in bloody [name]Canada[/name] (where I live) thinks that they boys names are girls names and the girls names could be spruced up by changing e to y, which sometimes inadvertently makes them into boys names anyway.
Some of my favourites, including a few off the family tree:
[name]Gwyneira[/name]
[name]Eira[/name] (this gives me a totally different feel to [name]Gwyneira[/name] for some reason)
[name]Arianwen[/name]
Awen / Awena (found out I had an aunt called this)
[name]Carys[/name]
[name]Catrin[/name] / [name]Cadi[/name]
[name]Ffion[/name] (I hear it’s on the wane in wales, but it makes a great, distinctive mn here!)
Gwenhwyfar
Heulwen
[name]Nerys[/name]
Rhosyn
Tesni
[name]Gwendolen[/name] (Too many [name]Gwen[/name] names, I know! and I’ve only listed half of them!)
[name]Winifred[/name] (If [name]Matilda[/name] is back, why not [name]Winifred[/name]? Though [name]Gwendolen[/name] and [name]Winifred[/name] feel less distinctly welsh to me because they’ve been used so much elsewhere).
my favorites:
[name]Bronwen[/name]
[name]Briallen[/name] ([name]Bria[/name] for short)
[name]Carys[/name]
[name]Arianwen[/name] (Airy for short)
[name]Eira[/name]
[name]Penrose[/name]
[name]Rhiannon[/name]
This might help ![]()
I’m from [name]Wales[/name] and speak Welsh so obviously love this topic
hehe. Here are some that I don’t think have been mentioned yet, some popular, some obscure, in order of popularity in the UK :):
[name]Megan[/name]
[name]Iona[/name] (yon-ah)
[name]Mali[/name] (Welsh form of [name]Molly[/name])
[name]Alys[/name]/[name]Alis[/name] ([name]Alys[/name] being the more popular spelling, but [name]Alis[/name] being the more traditional)
[name]Gwen[/name]
[name]Mari[/name] (Welsh form of [name]Marie[/name]/[name]Mary[/name])
[name]Efa[/name] (kind of like [name]Air[/name]-vuh)
[name]Manon[/name] (wished for child)
[name]Elinor[/name]
Celyn (means holly and is unisex, I know 2 male and 1 female Celyn’s)
[name]Anwen[/name] (means very fair and is one of my favs’s
so sweet and pretty and you can use [name]Annie[/name] as a nn!)
Menna
[name]Elen[/name]
Gwenllian (a name with a lot of history in [name]Wales[/name], the name of our last ever princess who was held captive by [name]King[/name] [name]Edward[/name] I of [name]England[/name] from the time she was a baby until she died aged 54, after her mother had died during childbirth and her father and uncle had been executed. The tragedy makes the name more interesting to me…apparently she didn’t know how to pronounced or spell her own name since she never got to learn Welsh.)
[name]Mared[/name]
Cariad (car-ee-ad, means love)
Melis ([name]MEL[/name]-iss, literally means sweet)
[name]Sioned[/name] (shon-ed) - Welsh form of [name]Janet[/name]
[name]Enid[/name] (a favourite of mine!)
Lleucu (Welsh form of [name]Lucy[/name])
Tirion (means dear as in “a dear child”)
Betsan
Gwennan
[name]Gwyneth[/name]
[name]Morwenna[/name]
Gwenno (another fav)
Enfys (EN-viss, means rainbow)
Llinos
Mabli (so cute!)
Siwan (SHOO-an)
[name]Branwen[/name]
Haf (a bit like [name]HARVE[/name], means summer)
[name]Rowena[/name]
[name]Delyth[/name] (means pretty and blessed)
[name]Dilys[/name] (DILL-iss, means genuine, true)
Glesni (means blue sky)
[name]Eirian[/name] (EY-ree-an means bright)
[name]Tanwen[/name] (means holy fire)
Teleri
[name]Arian[/name] (means silver/money)
[name]Fflur[/name] (Fleer, Welsh form of [name]Fleur[/name])
Gwawr (means dawn)
[name]Gwenna[/name]
Heledd
[name]Olwen[/name] (white path)
Aelwen (fair brow)
Aeres (heiress)
Aerona (berry)
Arianrhod (silver disc)
[name]Betrys[/name] ([name]BET[/name]-riss, Welsh form of [name]Beatrice[/name], this is another fav of mine :))
Blodeuwedd
[name]Ceridwen[/name]
Eflyn (EV-lyn)
Eiflyn ([name]AVE[/name]-lyn)
Eirianwen
Eiris (AY-riss, Welsh form of [name]Iris[/name])
Eirlys (AYR-liss, Welsh for the flower [name]Snowdrop[/name])
[name]Eluned[/name] (el-IN-ed)
Esyllt (Welsh form of [name]Isolde[/name])
Fioled (VEE-ol-ed, means [name]Violet[/name])
Gwenlyn
Hafwen
[name]Luned[/name] ([name]LIN[/name]-ed)
Lyneth
[name]Lynwen[/name]
[name]Madlen[/name] (Welsh form of [name]Madeleine[/name])
[name]Marged[/name] (Welsh form of [name]Margaret[/name])
Meleri
Rhoslyn
Rhosmari (Welsh form of [name]Rosemary[/name])
Seiriol
Siriol (cheerful)
[name]Tansi[/name] (Welsh form of [name]Tansy[/name])
Tathana
Telyn (means [name]Harp[/name])
I have a question. I am part Welsh and would love to change my name to something Welsh when I grow up. I am a big fan of the names [name]Ffion[/name], [name]Rhiannon[/name], [name]Briallen[/name], and [name]Seren[/name], and I know [name]Rhiannon[/name] is pretty popular where I live, but I want something that stands out… help me please?
Angharad, [name]Bryn[/name], [name]Caitlin[/name], [name]Dilys[/name], Mafanwy, [name]Olwen[/name], [name]Alys[/name], [name]Iseult[/name], [name]Gwyneth[/name], Brangwen.
[name]Dafydd[/name], [name]Huw[/name], [name]Geraint[/name], [name]Gwilym[/name], [name]Sion[/name], [name]Madoc[/name], Owein.