As promised, here’s the second part of Welsh Flowers that have great name potential. Pronunciation at the end if you want to sound like you were born and bred in the Land of Song.
- Gwaedlys — pink persicaria
- Gwendon — bedstraw
- Gwenith y gog — figwort
- Gwenonwy — lily of the valley
- Gwern — alder
- Gwlithlys (g-LITH-lis) — sundew
- Helogan — celery
- Helygen — willow
- Helyglys — lesser willowherb
- Isop– hyssop
- Lili Mai — lily of the valley
- Ller — darnel
- Llin — flax
- Llwyfen (“LHOO-ee-ven”) – elm
- Llyriad — broad-leaved plantain
- Maglys — lucerne
- Meillion — clover
- Melenydd — hawkweed
- Melyn euraidd — golden rod
- Melyn Mair — marigold
- Melenllys — greater celandine
- Merllys — asparagus
- Merywen — juniper
- Mesen — acorn
- Miaren — briar
- Murlys — wall pellitory
- Onnen — ash
- Oren — orange
- Pabi — poppy
- Pansi — pansy
- Pengaled -(pen-GA-led) – knapweed
- Persli — parsley
- Pren — tree
- Pren Ceri — medlar tree
- Pren Eirin — plum tree
- Rhedyn — fern
- Rhos Mair — Rosemary
- Rhosmari (ros-MA-ree) — Rosemary
- Rhosyn — rose
- Saets — sage
- Safri — savoury
- Serenyn — squill
- Siasmin — jasmine
- Suran — common sorrel
- Syfi — strawberries
- Syfien — strawberry
- Taglys — field bindweed
- Tansi — tansy
- Tegeirian (te-GAY-ree-an) — orchid
- Teim — thyme
- Tormaen — golden saxifrage
- Tresi Aur — laburnum
- Trilliw (TRI-lhee-oo) — pansy
- Trydon — agrimony
- Ywen — yew
Pronunciation notes:
- “ae,” “ai,” “au,” and “eu” pronounced “eye”
- “c” always hard, as in “cat”
- “e” pronounced like “e” in “bet,” “set,” etc
- “ei” pronounced “ay”
- “f” ipronounced “v”
- “ff” pronounced “f”
- “g” always hard, as in “get”
- “ll” see Extreme Welsh Names
- “s” always “s,” never “z”; often “sh” before an “i”
- “th” pronounced like the “th” in “thistle”
- “y” in the last syllable is pronounced “i” as in “in”, but in most other syllables, is pronounced “uh.”
(In words of two syllables, stress is divided equally. In words of three, stress usually falls on the first syllable, unless otherwise stated.)
I always love our lists! Rhedyn for “fern” is probably my favorite.
I know a Rhosyn, she is about 18ish. I’ve always really liked her name but never gave it a second thought. How lovely to see that it means Rose.
I’ve always thought that Mefus (Strawberry) would make a nice name.
Rhosyn is my favourite though.
Mefus is lovely — although non-Welsh speakers would struggle with it, or think it was Mavis when they heard it!
I can easily imagine Lili Mai being used!
I like Suran a lot.
Lots of little gems here, I especially fin myself liking the name Safri.
What a great entry. I love word names from other languages.
Mefus is lovely. I also adore these:
Gwendon-nms, but I can see this catching on for girls with names like Leighton and Peyton becoming common
Gwenonwy-this one is so sweet!
Helygen-nms, but I can definitely see this catching on as a name following the popularity of names like Morgan, Megan and Tegan
Maglys
Meillion
Merywen
Miaren
Onnen
Oren-this seems to be a common male name in the American Southwest, I don’t know why. I always assumed it was a surname name
Persli-this would make a nice alternative to Presley
Pren
Rhedyn
Rhosmari
Rhosyn
Safri
Serenyn
Siasmin
Tegeirian
Tormaen