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Extreme Welsh Names
Yesterday, I featured some of my favorite Welsh names. These were mostly those Welsh names which aren’t too difficult for non-Welsh speakers to get their tongues around. Today, however, I thought I’d...
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Equinox
It’s the Equinox today — one of the two days in the year when the hours of day and night are equal. Up in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the Autumnal Equinox, and we have to face the less than cheery...
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Pagan Name of the Month — Owen
In Pagan Name of the Month, I feature a name currently in the top 100 in the US or UK, which has a particularly rich Pagan flavor. This month, it is the turn of the wonderful Welsh Owen. In 2010, Owen...
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Pagan Name of the Month — Aidan
This month’s name takes us reeling a jig over the sea to the Emerald Isle. Aidan is currently very popular around the English-speaking world, although, in both America and Britain the spelling Aiden...
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Nook of Names Pick of the Week — Branwen
Branwen is one of a small and select group of Welsh names which featured in Welsh mythology and was also used widely as a genuinue given name in medieval times. It is also one of the Welsh names...
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Ysbrydoliaeth ym Mhobman
No, that’s not a particularly fine Old Welsh name! It’s the Welsh for “inspiration everywhere.” You see, this week, Small Child and I ran away to Pembrokeshire in South Wales. And while enjoying the...
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Dydd Santes Dwynwen Hapus!
That’s “Happy Saint Dwynwen’s Day!” in English. Saint Who? In Wales, Dwnywen (pronounce “doo-in-wen” — the “doo-in” bit pronounced so quickly that it almost sounds like “dwin”) is considered the “Welsh...
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Nook of Names Pick of the Week — Argent
It was the full moon last night, which is the inspiration for today’s pick of the week, the little heard Argent. Argent falls into the categories of both “surnames as first names” and “word names,”...
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