Message: "Welsh BAs" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Welsh BAs

by Pie

1/1/2013, 12:24 AM

from North Wales:

(m) Tomos Wynne, parents Eryl & Christine, sister Erin, grandparents Derek & Beryl and Vaughan & Dilys
(m) Gethin Lloyd, parents Dewi & Olivia, grandparents Emlyn & Glenys and Phil & Sally
(f) Seren Ffion, parents Tim & Gwawr, cousins Owen & Eve
(m) Harri Lewis, parents Gerallt & Heulwen, brother Jac & sister Bethan, grandparents Iona & Maldwyn and Gwenda & Dewi
(m) Iestyn John, parents Tony & Heather, brother Tomos & sister Mared, grandparents Mary & Russell and John & Eirlys
(f) Elin, parents Robart & Donna, aunt Cerian
(f) Ivy Elen, parents Aneirin & Dana, sister Chloe Lorraine, grandparents Alwyn & Ella and Bob & Lori
(m) Morgan Henry, parents Elis & Karen, brother Owen Glyn, grandparents David & Carys and Gwilym & Falmai

#BAs #Welsh

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- erb816

1/2/2013, 4:57 PM

I like:

Erin
Olivia
Glanys
Seren Ffion
Eve
Bethan
Iona
Eirlys
Cerian (this one is really interesting)
Ivy Elen & Chloe Lorraine (parents have good taste)
Karen
Carys
&
Derek
Vaughan
Owen
Morgan Henry
Elis

- Rose-Berry +1

1/1/2013, 7:18 AM

I like Seren Ffion.

Is Cerian a rare name or is it an alternative spelling? I used to know a Cerian and I just noticed it wasn't linked to the database.

Is Iestyn popular now? I've seen it used on middle-aged men on TV recently so I wondered if it's considered dated these days or not really?

- Pie

1/1/2013, 3:16 PM

Cerian isn't used much now but it had a little popularity surge in the 80s & 90s - over 200 born since 1984, apparently.
Iestyn is more of a Welsh classic, or has been since the early 1900s. I did a chart of all the Welsh names in the UK birth data for 2010 and it came 13th, so still going strong!

- Just Jonquil +2

1/1/2013, 6:06 AM

I like Seren Ffion though not as much as the Eleri Gwenllian whose combo I posted the other day.
Re Elin and Elen - I prefer Elin but there's a baby called Elen next door to me and there's a member of the Welsh Assembly called Elin from same region of Wales. I assume the spelling is just a matter of personal prefernce and not rooted in some South/North Welsh divide? I've also come across Welsh girls called Elinor - very pretty; my favourite spelling of Eleanor.

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- Pie +1

1/1/2013, 3:23 PM

Definitely personal preference, I think. I've met quite a few of both spellings.
One of my nieces is an Elinor :)

- Just Jonquil

1/2/2013, 2:10 AM

Thanks, Pie.

- Viatrix

1/1/2013, 2:13 AM

I posted a few of these the other day in the midst of a whole lot of UK ones - love them!

Seren Ffion and Ivy Elen are gorgeous girls, and Morgan Henry is just stunning.

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