Hi!

[ilovewales.livejournal.com]

Just come here from LJ spotlight and been browsing, this looks like fun!

Like several others, I'm nowhere near having a baby of my own yet, but I do have names I like, so I thought I'd share them and see what you guys thought :)

My heritage is partly Welsh, so there are some names from there that I like. Others are family names :)

In my head, I have 2 boys and a girls (I have no idea why, I just do), and I've followed the family tradition (my immediate family, that is) of having two middle names; I'm Victoria Amy Elizabeth, for example.

For my oldest boy, Marcus Dafydd John- I had a friend called Marcus, Dafydd is the Welsh form of David (my brother's middle name) and John is a good solid, Biblical name. 

For my girl, Amanda Bethan Elizabeth- Amanda means beloved (and was Spock's mum's name, not that I'm a Trekkie or anything :P), Bethan is the Welsh form of Bethany (my sister's name) and Elizabeth is my middle name.

And for my baby boy, Harry Owain William- Harry is a more popular form of Harold (my Grandfather's middle name), Owain is the Welsh form of Owen and the name of a Welsh hero I loved to read about when I was small (Owain Glyndwyr) and William is a family name liek whoa (everyone from my grandfather to my brother has it, via my cousin and uncle!)

Any opinions? (I'm sure you have several, but it's polite to ask :P)

Comments

[bubblymush.livejournal.com]

I think your three names are very cohesive to eachother! Each has a simple first name with a more meaningful/not-so typical second name!

I'm impartial to Harry for a human name, but to each their own!

How would you pronounce Bethan? Beth-ann? Bee-than?

[behindgrey-eyes.livejournal.com]

WELSH! Yay! My best friend is half Welsh and I really like Welsh names. Ioan and Rhiannon in particular :)

I think Harry Owain William works really well together :D

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I like Marcus, Bethan, Elizabeth, and William.

[landslideoflove.livejournal.com]

Ioan :)

[ilovewales.livejournal.com]

Thank you- I played around with it for a while before I found combinations I liked.
And Beth-ann, like Bethany without the y :)

[ilovewales.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I rather like that one too :)
And Welsh names are gorgeous, it's finding ones people will be able to pronounce, hence Dafydd is a middle name! :P
I agree with Ioan, such a lovely name- if I hadn't already got 2...

[ilovewales.livejournal.com]

Thanks, they are lovely, and it's nice to find someone who likes Marcus, so many people I know aren't enamoured with it.