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Welsh BAs
from North Wales:
(m) Gwilym Vaughan, parents Nia & Vaughan, sister Enlli, grandparents Elaine & David and William & Anwen
(m) Cybi, parents Mei & Karen, sister Nanw, brothers Mabon & Deio
(f) Kate Nia, parents Osian & Sarah, parents Hugh & Veronica
(m) Aron, parents Karina & Aled, sister Aria, grandparents Evan & Margaret and Brian & Janet
(m) Iago Elidir, parents Lyndon & Delyth, brother Eban
(m) Robat Gwilym Eilian, parents John & Glenda
(m) Elis James, parents Christopher & Rhian, grandparents Dafydd & Nerys and Michael & Gaynor
(f) Arwen Enlli, parents Alwyn & Ffion
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I always have gone back and forth on Gwilym. I want to really like it because I love William, and Welsh bonus. Today, I like it.NANW! My favorite. :)
Deio is totally cute too. My favorite opera dude has a son named Deio Sion. Yes, cute.
Oh yes, Gaynor. I went through a major Gaenor crush a few years ago.Cybi. What's that? Seems too cutesy for a formal name.
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I go back and forth on Gwilym too - it feels a bit elderly somehow, but it is a nice name. The big surprise for me in this lot was a Glenda young enough to have children! sounds very granny-ish.
Ha, Cybi was a Dark Ages saint. See my reply to Morgaine.
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Hey Pie! Do you know anything about Cybi and Enlli, by chance?
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Cybi (pr. Cubby) was a Dark Ages saint. It's not a very common name, but it's a local name in the top left-hand corner of North Wales, where various things are named after him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybi
This is Enlli:

- Ynys Enlli, an island off the coast of NW Wales, called Bardsey Island in English. It used to be a place of pilgrimage and there are supposed to be 20,000 saints buried on it (although I don't see how they'd fit, as it's not very big!). There also used to be a small community on it, although there's only one farm now. The Welsh name means 'in the currents'.
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Oooh neat. That makes me like it, silliness and all.
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Aww, what's Cybi from? Is it a Welsh version of another name, or something else?And Mabon, how totally awesome and witchy that is! Wiccans celebrate a holiday called Mabon, so it has nice warm golden harvesty imagery for me.
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See my reply to Morgaine re Cybi. I think he was originally Cornish.
Mabon reminds me of a Welsh rapper! MC Mabon.:) Tis a nice name.
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Wow, so many of these names are mysterious to the non-Welsh person.
Elidir sounds romantic.
I love Iago Elidir.
I reckon the Cornish version of Iago sounds cool and is usable - i.e. Jago - and a friend wanted to use it after I suggested it, but it was vetoed. I predict Jago will be the next "big thing" in boys' names!
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I really like Jago too. Hope it doesn't get trendy! Elidir reminds me of Elidir Fawr, a mountain at Llanberis which is beautiful from some angles, but has a great big ugly slate mine carved out of the front of it. Maybe Iago Elidir's family live near it.
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I like: Nia & Vaughan
Osian & Sarah, Veronica
Aria
Iago Elidir
Elis James, Nerys
Arwen Enlli
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