It’s pronounced [name]KYE[/name]-[name]LEE[/name]-ON and it’s from the Arthurian legend (it’s the place where King Arthur was wounded by Mordred).
[name]Just[/name] off the top of my head, I think you should either lose an e or add one.
Caerlon (or Caerlen; I like the -lon more)
or Caerloene.
Hmm, no, nm, that’s not an improvement.
That prn is not instinctive. I have kids with hard-to-prn names; even names I thought were EASY, people stumble over. You would not believe how many people choke and die trying to say “[name]Bronwen[/name]” and how many people think she’s got a boy’s name.
So once you’re used to having to correct and help everyone, it’s okay. But I wouldn’t commit to many years of constant pron correction unless I loved the name so much it was worth it to me. If this name means a lot to you, use it. It’s still better than having to correct someone’s prn because you used a kree8tif spelling of a common name.
Hmm I always heard it pron. [name]Kay[/name]-lee -on. I see it more for a girl.
Caerleon is a place name in Wales rather than a male name from the Arthurian legend. It’s pronounced more like " kahr-lee-uhn" but our Welsh Nameberries can verify that for sure. I’m afraid Caerleon would suffer from misspellings and mispronunciations all of his life. It’s cumbersome and reminds me of the Corleone family in the Mafia film series, “The Godfather”.
I like it. The silent R gives it mystery, imo. He could always go by [name]Leon[/name] most of the time, or [name]Cae[/name]- both beautiful names.
The R is not silent, not in Latin nor in Welsh. “Caer” is the old word for castle/fort; the myth is that the “leon” bit has something to do with [name]Arthur[/name] (“lion”) but it’s a lot more humdrum than that. Many places across [name]Roman[/name] [name]Britain[/name] were called Caer Llion as a shorthand for CaerLegion-- where a legion of soliders was housed.
It’s a cool name (and place) and actually relatively easy to say, once you get the vowels right.
There would be HUGE pronunciation issues. That being said, if you could handle your kiddo’s name being always mispronounced, it could work ok. I would feel for the kid though.
The r isn’t actually silent. I’m not a fan of people randomly grabbing at words or names in other languages that they aren’t actually familiar with in spoken language. There are so many awesome Welsh names that are actually names - and names associated with actual characters in Arthurian legends - that i’d say to pass on this.