Birth Announcements

[purplefog.livejournal.com]

GIRLS:
Kloe Seren
Aeronwen Grace
Beti Michelle
Bethany Skye
Bronwen Ceri
Ceri
Lily Rose
Lowri-Mair
Eleri Wyn Non
Lizzi May

BOYS:
Llaefor Ellis ap
Christopher Hwyel
Carwyn Michael
Kai
Emlyn Paul ap
Richard David
Wyn Eifion
Wynn ap
James Iolo
Andrew

(on my last post I forgot the 'ap' part on some of the names. In Wales, 'ap' means 'son of', and it is part of the surname. Sometimes you get a modern 'son of' - a boy whose father is genuinely called 'Gwynne' and he becomes '[name] ap Gwynne'. More often than not it's an 'ap [name]' that has been passed down a few generations. I think the female version is 'haf', but I can't be sure as I've only met one.)

Comments

[purplefog.livejournal.com]

Ah, I stand corrected - I did a little research and the female version is 'verch'. Haf still means 'Summer', as it does in the Welsh for the seasons.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I like:

Grace
Michelle
Bronwen
Rose
Christopher
Michael
David
James
Andrew

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

I like:

Aeronwen
Grace
Michelle
Skye
Bronwen
Lily Rose
Eleri

Christopher
Michael
Kai
Paul
David
Eifion
James
Andrew

[landslideoflove.livejournal.com]

Kloe Seren
Kai

[incogneato86.livejournal.com]

How are Llaefor, Aeronwen,Lowri-Mair and Iolo
pronounced? Welsh names confuse me a bit. haha

At first glance and being painfully American, I want to say: Lay-for, Air-in-when,Low-ree or lowl-ree and I can only think of a horse with the way my brain processes mair and eye-ul-o...

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Not the OP but I do know that with a Welsh accent:
-Aeronwen would be more like "eye-ron-wen"... usually with emphasis on the middle syllable. -wen or -gwen is a suffix that means white/blessed, Aeron can be a stand-alone name.
-Lowri-Mair would be "LOH-ree-mire"
-Iolo would be "yo-lo" I'm guessing because Ianto is "yahn-to".

No clue on Llaefor, though.

[purplefog.livejournal.com]

(Ll)-eye-vo(rolled r). The best way to describe the Double-L sound is to put your tongue behinbd your teeth and and blow air around it gently.

[caddyeverafter7.livejournal.com]

Is Ceri pronounced "Carry" or "Siree"? I had a snowboarding instructor named Ceri who pronounced it "Carry", but I'm interested to see how it works.

[purplefog.livejournal.com]

KEH-ree, with a rolled R. :)

[purplefog.livejournal.com]

This website may help?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/livinginwales/sites/howdoisay/names/