Could Winnie be a nickname for Bronwen/Bronwyn?

[name_f]Bronwen[/name_f] (the appropriate way to spell it) is on my list with the nickname [name_f]Bonnie[/name_f]. The nickname [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] has been growing on me. Could [name_f]Bronwen[/name_f] work as the full name or would spelling it [name_f]Bronwyn[/name_f] lend itself a little more easily?

Nono, spell it [name_f]Bronwen[/name_f] :slight_smile: [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] would definitely work as a nickname for [name_f]Bronwen[/name_f], though I do like [name_f]Bonnie[/name_f] more :stuck_out_tongue:

I can see why one would argue that [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] would not be a fitting nickname for [name_f]Bronwen[/name_f], but I wouldn’t agree. I think it totally works, and I pronounce it more like [name_m]Bron[/name_m]-[name_u]WIN[/name_u] than [name_m]Bron[/name_m]-WHEN anyway.

I think it works, but I like [name_f]Bonnie[/name_f] or [name_f]Bee[/name_f] better.

[name_f]Bronwen[/name_f] with the nickname of [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] makes sense to me - and I like it!

I think it makes perfect sense, but then I had [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] on my list for other -wen names. ([name_f]Branwen[/name_f], [name_f]Anwen[/name_f], and Rhoswen).

But it’s Welsh and that’s not how you say it… :confused: Everyone who can speak English can say ‘when’ so this wouldn’t be an accent thing. It would just be a choice to use the wrong pronunciation.

Anyway, if you want to nickname a [name_f]Bronwen[/name_f], [name_f]Winnie[/name_f], then fine but don’t change the spelling or sound of the name to accommodate it.

[name_f]Bronwen[/name_f] with the nickname [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] is gorgeous! Plus, I pronounce it [name_m]Bron[/name_m]-win anyways, so the nickname [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] would fall right in line. [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] is also the nickname for names like [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f], and you don’t have a heavy “win” sound in that name, either. I wouldn’t change the spelling just to force a nickname, especially when [name_f]Bronwen[/name_f] itself is very, very pretty. As for [name_f]Bonnie[/name_f]…not so much. I find it dowdy and tired, whereas [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] has this adorable vintage vibe that I just love. [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] is on my list of names that I simply adore!

I know a few Welsh girls with the Bronwyn spelling, who pronounce it with a ‘win’ ending, as well as my grandmother, who is half Welsh - I don’t think it’s a matter of being correct or incorrect, it’s just a matter of two different ways to pronounce the same name. It’s a bit like Evelyn - normally, Evelyn is ehv-eh-lyn, but plenty of people in the UK seem to pronounce it as eve-lyn. Or Esme being pronounced as Ez-mee in the majority of the United Kingdom (from what I understand) rather than Es-may. It doesn’t mean that they’re choosing to pronounce it wrong, it just means that regionally, there’s more than one way to say it.

Definitely! I love it!