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Help[Opinions] WDYT of Llyr
Surprisingly, my husband really liked Llyr/Lir (pronounced LEER), and we prefer the spelling Llyr.
1. Someone said that LEER is not the the technically correct pronunciation of Llyr. Can someone give me the more correct pronunciation? Is it more like hcLEER? Is this only pronounced this way in Wales, or would the British also use the Welsh pronunciation? In the US, I think most people would read and prounounce it as LEER.
2. Since Piers is our #1 name right now, do you think that Piers (PEERZ) and Llyr would work as a sibset, or are they too alike since they both have the EER sound?
3. I like Llyr because I like the sound (or what I think the sound is), that it is uncommon, and that it means "the sea". I don't really like that it's a mythological name as I don't want to name my child after a religion or deity that I don't believe. I'm not familiar with Welsh mythology, but it appears Llyr first meant "the sea" so the god of the sea was then named Llyr. Do you think of Llyr as a mythological name?
Any other interesting name suggestions?
Thanks!
1. Someone said that LEER is not the the technically correct pronunciation of Llyr. Can someone give me the more correct pronunciation? Is it more like hcLEER? Is this only pronounced this way in Wales, or would the British also use the Welsh pronunciation? In the US, I think most people would read and prounounce it as LEER.
2. Since Piers is our #1 name right now, do you think that Piers (PEERZ) and Llyr would work as a sibset, or are they too alike since they both have the EER sound?
3. I like Llyr because I like the sound (or what I think the sound is), that it is uncommon, and that it means "the sea". I don't really like that it's a mythological name as I don't want to name my child after a religion or deity that I don't believe. I'm not familiar with Welsh mythology, but it appears Llyr first meant "the sea" so the god of the sea was then named Llyr. Do you think of Llyr as a mythological name?
Any other interesting name suggestions?
Thanks!
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