24 beautiful Welsh girls' names you'll wish were yours

These Welsh girls' names are special.

They each sound poetic, often date back centuries and have meanings rooted in nature and legend.

So if you're looking for a name, take a look through these for inspiration.

If you're not a Welsh speaker, we've given the best approximate pronunciation for each name.

And if you need some Welsh boys' names, you can find some strong ones here.

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Meaning: Foxgloves

How you say it: Ffee-on

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Meaning: The Welsh equivalent of the name Laura

How you say it: Low-ree

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Meaning: Summer

How you say it: Pronounced exactly like 'halve' in English

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Meaning: Dawn

How you say it: Goo-aoor

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Meaning: Melody

How you say it: Al-aw

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Meaning: Pure, bright

How you say it: Eye-ree-an-wen

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Meaning: Flora

How you say it: Fleer

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Meaning: Snow

How you say it: Eye-ra

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Meaning: Gentle breeze

How you say it: Ah-well

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Meaning: It is derived from 'Gwen' (white) and 'llian' (flaxen)

How you say it: Gwen-llian

The 'Ll' is an aspirated L. Form your lips and tongue to pronounce L, then blow air gently around the sides of the tongue. The nearest you can get to this sound in English is to pronounce it as an L with a Th in front of it.

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Meaning: Fair maiden

How you say it: Ree-an-wen

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Meaning: Sunshine

How you say it: Hile-wen

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Meaning: Rainbow

How you say it: En-viss

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Meaning: Primrose

How you say it: Bree-all-en (the aspirated 'l' sound as in Gwenllian above)

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Meaning: Star

How you say it: Seren

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Meaning: Great Queen (this is not a literal meaning but possibly derived from an old Celtic name)

How you say it: Ree-an-on

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Meaning: White flower

How you say it: Blod-wen

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Meaning: Much loved

How you say it: Ang-haa-rad

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Meaning: Gentle, meek, mild

How you say it: Ath-vooyn (the 'th' sound is soft, as in though)

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Meaning: Snowdrop

How you say it: Ire-liss

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Meaning: Fair or pure-breasted

How you say it: Bron-wen

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Meaning: White peace

How you say it: Heth-wen (the 'th' sound is soft, as in though)

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Meaning: Cheerful, bright, pleasant

How you say it: Sirr-yol

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Meaning: Maiden (a variation of 'rhiain', the Welsh word for maiden)

How you say it: Rhee-ann