I will do it in the next month, OK?
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[name]Angelica[/name], your Overseas Assistant
I <3 Cornish names.
I have a friend, who I met at university, and she is called Rosenwyn. Her sister is called Morgelyn and her brothers are Cador and [name]Jory[/name].
All born and bred in Cornwall.
Beautiful names.
Oh elsabea, I love those names, I have never come across them before. I am going to get some more info online, and maybe order a book on amazon if I can.
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I have a cousin who lives in [name]Brittany[/name] in [name]France[/name], and these names are sometimes very similar. Anyone French/[name]Breton[/name] here? I can look into it if anyone is interested! There is also a lot of similarity between [name]Breton[/name] and Welsh as well as Cornish.
Elsabee, those are fantastic names for a sibset!!
[name]Ailsa[/name], you can see the meanings of the names in this post on page 1 
Welsh, Cornish and [name]Breton[/name] are all Brythonic Celtic languages. Although of the 3, Cornish and [name]Breton[/name] are closest to each other. Welsh, while similar, became somwhat more distinctive (perhaps because of its coastal link with [name]Ireland[/name]).
There are also similarities between Welsh and Gaelic, oddly. [name]Ben[/name]/[name]Pen[/name] means “head” or top (as in [name]Ben[/name] [name]Nevis[/name], the mountain), and Glas means blue in both languages. These ancient tribes must have got around a bit!
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[name]Ailsa[/name], I hadn’t noticed those two before! You are so right though, the Celtic languages are all closely related (and so confusing when I first started getting interested in them) But then I found a handy diagram which simplifies the connection between the Celtic languages:
As you can see, Irish, Scottish, Manx, Welsh, Cornish and [name]Bretton[/name] are all Insulare Celtic languages. Welsh, Cornish and [name]Bretton[/name] are closer still because they are all Brythonic (or Brittanic) and Cornish and [name]Bretton[/name] are even closer
I didn’t even know what [name]Rosie[/name]'s real name was until I’d known her for over a year. She used to just introduce herself as [name]Rose[/name], as she was quite embarrassed by her unique name. I only discovered her real name, when I noticed that a piece of mail she had received was addressed to Miss Rosenwyn XXXXXXX.
I told her she was MAD to be embarrassed about her name, and said it was beautiful, and she should proud of it. These days, she always introduces herself by her real name, and everyone comments how lovely it is. She now realises she was silly to be embarrassed by it!
I’d be very happy to have the name too! I’m glad you convinced her 
Out of interest, how did she pronounce Rosenwyn. I have been told that it is ros-EN-wyn. Was that how your friend said it?
I suspect the pronunciation is with the emphasis on the middle syllable, as it usually is in Welsh also.
THank you for that diagram! My interest in Cornish names is now reignited! As a matter of interest, what about [name]Devon[/name]? Was there a distinct line between Cornish naming trends and Devonian? (I have ancestors from both counties)
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I’d be very happy to have the name too! I’m glad you convinced her
Out of interest, how did she pronounce Rosenwyn. I have been told that it is ros-EN-wyn. Was that how your friend said it?[/quote]
Yes that’s how she says it, the middle syllable has the emphasis. And she says it with her lovely, thick Cornish accent, which hasn’t diminished at all despite the fact she has lived in the South-[name]East[/name] for the last 12 years.
I’m sitting here, saying it to myself now, and I still think it’s a lovely now as I did the first time I saw it.
Hooray for [name]Ailsa[/name]!
I thought I’d give this very old post a bump to see if there are any berries out there now as interested in Cornish names as I am! I have my own list of names I’ve been collecting and would love to discuss and get thoughts on them!
Yes! I loved reading this thread. I haven’t a speck of British heritage in me, but I’ve always been fascinated by the UK.
Loving this thread. My last name is Cornish. People always ask me where it comes from as they assume it’s german or something and they are always surprised when I say Cornwall! I’d love a cornish name to go with it.
[name_m]Hi[/name_m] tarantula
[name_m]German[/name_m] is a new one! A lot of people who come down here assume Cornish place & personal names are French, Spanish or, worst of all, Welsh 
I’ll say now- there are a few errors in the OP:
- [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] means elm tree rather than just elm. Trivial, I know, but without the tree bit we’d be left with just ‘elow’ which is perhaps a little less attractive.
- [name_m]Keyne[/name_m] is pronounced ‘[name_m]KEEN[/name_m]’ down here.
- ‘Jowen’ is far more commonly spelt with an ‘a’ instead of an ‘e’ (actually, I’ve never come across it spelt ‘Jowen’ before)
- [name_m]Piran[/name_m] doesn’t really rhyme with [name_u]Kieran[/name_u]. [name_u]Kieran[/name_u] has a long ‘eer’ sound at the beginning whereas [name_m]Piran[/name_m] has a short ‘i’- like [name_u]Mirren[/name_u] (as in [name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_u]Mirren[/name_u]).
- And I strongly discourage anyone from naming their son Austell. It’s a town and not a pleasant one
If you’d like to see more Cornish names I’ve got a shed-load on the lists in my sig