Out of curiosity.

[nymphaemaia]

Well this is my first thread, and out of curiosity I wonder what you guys think of my sons name i guess.

His full name (bar his last name) Is:

Aneirin-Glyndwr. Dylan. Lloyd.
He's almost 8 months old now, and I shorten it to the clasic nickname for Aneirin as nye.
It's taken a little while for those around me to get there tongues round the pronounciation but thats probably because I live in England. I pronounce his name as A-Nye-rin Glin-dor. Dil-lan.

I love his name alot, and will be very interested in your responses.

[Ondine]

I love the name Aneirin, i'm not Welsh though had heard of it because of Aneurin Bevin. They both seem to be pronouced the same despite the spelling or am I wrong about that?

Nye is cute too. Is his first name hyphenated or is Glyndwr a middle name?

[Maggie00]

I would struggle with that. I'd nick name him Lloyd if he were an adult.

[seashore]

I really like it, I love Welsh names but then I'm Irish and they are quite similar to a lot of Irish names. I do find that any time I have to ring England and give our Irish address here they struggle with what seem to me very basic sounds. The important thing is that you love it, but I know where you're coming from because my folks didn't like our name for ds who is 9 mths now, we went with a Latin name that is 2 thousand years old but was new to them. I think you have a really cute name there though.

[DuelingFanjo]

I love Aneirin and the shortened version Nye. It's a name I consider as a middle name for a boy.

[DuelingFanjo]

although, I'm not sure but you may be pronouncing it incorrectly. It should be Ann-neigh-rin in Wales.

[DuelingFanjo]

and glin-doooor, ie not 'dor' as in 'door'

[Maggie00]

Seashore, Welsh is nothing like Irish! Scottish yes!

[BridesheadRegardless]

Very nice.

We considered Aneirin with the shorteneing of Nye for DS1 as DH is welsh.

In the end we just opted for welsh middle names, but I still like it.

[Runoutofideas]

My dd1 went to playgroup with a little boy called Nye - she insisted his name was Knife for ages! His mother just laughed. It's not a name I would have chosen as I don't have the Welsh connections so it wouldn't seem right. Very glad you've chosen a name you love though.

[seashore]

MaggieOO, I just mean there are certain low toned sounds as oppose to English which can be quite flat sounding, to me there is a similarity, and actually I would think of Scottish as much more high and low then Irish, I suppose I'm saying, to me, Welsh and Irish share a certain softness which can lead to some ears finding it hard to understand. So there!!

[Maggie00]

Yeah I think I understand!

[seashore]

Actually, I was thinking about it you're right, Irish is more like Scottish, so I owe you an apology MaggieOO, maybe I just have funny ears and a particular fondness for Welsh names! Sorry!

[WildSheepChase]

I have an Aneurin, shortened to Nye most of the time. So naturally I think it's marvellous.

[WildSheepChase]

On the welsh pronunciation... it depends which bit of Wales. My southern friends say 'An-eye-ur-in' or 'An-eye-ur-in', my midwales friends say 'An-yur-in' and my northern friends says 'An-neigh-rin'.

I use the southern pronunciation as that was the part of wales I called home for so long!

[WildSheepChase]

Or An-ey-ur-in, even.

[pointydog]

I'd think he was welsh and I quite like Nye.

[WildSheepChase]

I love Dewi. And Iolo. And Ianto. But DH keeps pointing out we're not actually welsh...

[The1WhoLetTheDogsOut]

Not my cup of cha but each to their own.