Enwau Cymraeg I Blant / Welsh Names for Children

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A famous historical Siwan was the wife of Llewelyn Fawr, and the eponymous heroine of a play by Saunders Lewis. Nid ‘ceffylau’ yw ystyr Meirchion: daw o’r Lladin Marcianus neu Marcion, fel y daw Meirion o Marianus (nid o ‘meirion’ = dyn llaeth! These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. A traditional Welsh name, derived from the Old Celtic form Teutorix, composed of elements meaning 'people, tribe' + 'ruler, king'. This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to restrain request rate and thus limit the collection of data on high traffic sites.

Syndod bychan yw cael eich atgoffa mai o’r Beibl y daeth Amos, Ann, Dafydd, Daniel, Dewi, Elisabeth, Edna, Sara, Lois, Lydia; rhestrir Gomer (ond nid Japheth), Elis (ond nid Elias nac Eliseus), Eben (ond nid Ebeneser), Joseff (ond nid Jacob), Timotheus (ond nid Titus), Mair (ond nid Miriam, ffurf gywirach ar ei henw). By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Below is a list of over 400 Welsh names for women and men so that you can enjoy the beauty and history of the language, and discover some useful information, perhaps, which will help you to decide on a name for your new baby (or your cat or dog, who knows?NOTES: From Owain Glyn Dwr, the Welsh leader who sought to reunite Wales and end English domination. On the other hand, names such as Dei, Dai, Deian, Cadi, Twm, Wil, Dic, Jac, Dafi, Sionyn, Siani etc are pet forms, not usually official names. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. The tk_or is a referral cookie set by the JetPack plugin on sites using WooCommerce, which analyzes referrer behaviour for Jetpack. Nothing to do with the Rhondda valley, which derives from a river name of completely different etymology.

Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Efallai fod angen nodi’n gliriach mai enwau anwes, nid enwau ‘swyddogol’ yw ffurfiau megis Cadi, Dei, Dai, Deio, Deian, Dafi, Sionyn, Siani, Twm ayb. From the placename, which means 'facing Anglesey': Arfon refers to the southern shore of the Menai Strait, the part of mainland Wales closest to the island of Anglesey. Ni ddylid dibynnu’n rhy ffyddiog ar bob tarddiad a gynigir yma: tarddir Gwilym, Rhisiart, Rhobet ayb i’w gwreiddiau Almaenaidd: ond trwy Ffrangeg y Normaniaid y daethant i Gymru, wedi colli eu hystyr wreiddiol. Trueni na fai modd cyfleu (yn enwedig i’r di-Gymraeg) ba enwau sy’n weddol gyffredin, a’r rhai nad ydynt o bell ffordd. In carrying out these amendments, I would like to acknowledge the considerable debt I owe to the 'Oxford Dictionary of First Names'.