What do you think of the little girls name [name_f]Elowen[/name_f]?
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you like it?
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you prefer the traditional spelling of [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] or do you like Elowyn?
Thanks!
I thinks its absolutely adorable! I think I like the [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] spelling better, b ut I love the name either way!
We love it. It’s on our final list actually if this baby is a girl. I prefer the [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] spelling.
I have [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] on my list! I’d definitely go with the traditional spelling.
I prefer [name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Elowen[/name_f], but sometimes I have to think about saying -en at the end, and not -in. But it’s a beautiful name.
I don’t think Elowyn spelling is a legit name. Anyway, I like [name_f]Elowen[/name_f].
Correct. Only [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] pronounced ‘el-OH-en’ is legitimate.
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]. It’s one of my favourite girls names.
I like [name_f]Elowen[/name_f], don’t spell it Elowyn! The name means [name_u]Elm[/name_u] Tree in Cornish (from elowenn), and the tree part comes fom the -en suffix, so if you change it then the name means nothing, as the word for elm is simply elew. Also being very familiar with Welsh it makes the name seem very masculine, as the -wyn ending is masculine in Welsh, while the -wen is feminine ([name_m]Even[/name_m] though it’s a Cornish name, not Welsh, they are both Celtic), also the pronunciation changes, and it’s not as nice -wyn is pronounced ‘win’ rather than -wen (so it owuld be el-LOW-in). Also, emphasis is always on the second to last syllable. [name_f]El[/name_f]-LOW-en is how it is pronounced in Cornish.
Well well well, my job’s been done for me 
Like renrose and mhairi said, Elowyn is not legitimate. It’s a tragic massacre which occurred at some point when people suddenly decided that it was ok to ruin ethnic names and to use the letter Y to represent any vowel they wanted. [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] is fine provided it’s pronounced right. Not really my style but I like to see it used.
The only thing I will say is that, despite Welsh and Cornish being close, the wyn/wen ending has little to do with gender in Cornish names. As you say, elew means elm (elms, to be specific), so I don’t believe the ‘w’ of wyn/wen comes into it. en/yn names are used for girls and boys alike.
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]! Absolutely–gorgeous!
I like it but not love it. I like traditional spellings automatically, but even more for very unusual names. There is much less reason to try to differentiate the name if the child will likely go their whole lives without meeting another.
Stick with [name_f]Elowen[/name_f]. 
Traditional is always better…or at least it is in this case. I say go with [name_f]Elowen[/name_f].
I love this name! I’d use [name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
I’m of the less popular opinion here. I like Elowynn. However, we’re considering it as a way to honor the MIL, who’s name is [name_f]Winifred[/name_f]. We like Elowynn [name_f]Mae[/name_f] with double-name “[name_f]Winnie[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f]” or just “[name_u]Wynn[/name_u]”. We also like “[name_f]Ella[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f]”.