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[liliaeth]

Alright, I have a question for all the English people on my f-list.

My sister and her boyfriend are expecting a baby and they're currently in the final fases of choosing a name for their little girl.

Since her boyfriend is English they're planning to move to Britain in a few months.

Now they've found a name they like, but...
Warren, the boyfriend, isn't sure if the name they've decided upon is used in all of Britain, or just in Wales. He doesn't want people to think their daughter is from Wales, because of the name...

So that being the question, is the name Ffion used in all of Britain, or just in Wales? My sister needs to know pretty soon, since they're getting ready to go pick birth announcements and stuff...

Edit: To all the Irish people on the list, my sister also asked if the Irish version of the name, Fionn is ony used for boys, and if it is, if there's a female version of it.

Comments

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

I've never met anyone called that. However, there's no shame in being Welsh or having a Welsh name!

[liliaeth]

True, but Warren can be picky.*g* (personally I'd rather have a guy who's picky about the name of his kid, than one who doesn't care, but that's just me)

Nele did ask what you think of the name.

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

It's nice enough. Might be considered quite posh actually.

[speakr2customrs.livejournal.com]

It is a Welsh name - but it's also the name of the young and attractive wife of former Conservative Party leader William Hague. So, people might think that either the daughter is Welsh or that her parents are Conservatives (which doesn't have the same connotations in the UK as in the USA, the Conservative Party being considerably more liberal than either US party).

[liliaeth]

thanks

It does seem to be a thing that most European conservative parties are more 'liberal' than even the American liberal parties.
(well at least that's the way it is here in Belgium.)

Hell, overhere, conservatives are usually seen as the moderates.

[thelostkelpie.livejournal.com]

I'd say that it is generally used in Wales, being seen rarely in the rest of the UK. However, it is a perfectly nice name and I don't see why being thought Welsh would be such a bad thing. I'm not sure that people would anyway - I don't immediately presume that every Siobhan I meet is Irish. Welsh names are becoming more popular anyway and I happen to have a thing for them. I have considered calling any children of mine Bethan, Bryn or Deryn and it never even occurred to me that people might mistake them for actually being Welsh!

[liliaeth]

Oh I agree.

[shapinglight]

As far as I know, Ffion is pretty much a Welsh name only. Have never come across someone who wasn't Welsh called that.

[liliaeth]

thanks :-)

[hobbituk.livejournal.com]

I think a more anglicised version is Fiona... although I always think of that particular name as being Scottish!

[gillo]

The spelling definitely marks it out as Welsh. In Welsh a single "f" is pronounced as a "v", so you have to double it to get the soft "f" sound. It's the Welsh variant of "Fiona" - both are slightly posh, I think. It's a nice name, though - and, as a half-Welsh person, I have to ask what's wrong with Welshness? *g*