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It's a puzzle, isn't it! A Google search for Aluralynn picks up only two hits - one on a fantasy roleplaying site as a name for an elf (so in other words, made up :-D) and the other is on some woman's site as the middle name of her granddaughter (Codi Aluralynn *groan*). So I can't see how *any* research could have led to Aluralynn at all, let alone as a Scottish name.

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Lynn has an obvious etymology - it's Welsh and means "lake". Tacking "lyn" onto the end of any random name is a common trend and has been going on forever (I call these "Somethinglyn" names).

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Most of the tacky-innacurate baby name sites say that Alura is English and means Divine Counsellor, which is pure nonsense. The Old English for "divine" is godcund and for "counsellor" is runwita so there's clearly no etymological link there.

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I can't see *any* way that someone could have constructed a Scottish etymology for Aluralynn! Perhaps the person who did the research did it using a cheap and nasty baby name book that just happened to claim that Aluralynn was Scottish.

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Here's some nice Welsh names:
Aeronwen
Aeronwy
Alis
Angharad
Anwen
Arianrhod
Bethan
Blodwen
Bronwen
Carys
Catrin
Ceinwen (hard 'C')
Ceridwen (ditto)
Cerys (ditto)
Delyth
Dilwen
Dilys
Eiluned (ei is prn "eye")
Eilwen
Eirian
Eirlys
Eirwen
Elain
Elen
Enid
Esyllt
Ffion (prn "finn"
Glenda
Glynis
Gwendolen
Gwenfrewi
Gwenllian
Gwenyth
Gwyneira
Gwyneth
Lleulu
Llewella
Luned
Mairwen
Mari
Meiriona
Mererid
Morwenna
Myfanwy (I actually knew a girl with this name at school - she went by the nn Miffy)
Nerys
Olwen
Rhiannon
Rhianu
Rhosyn
Seren
Sian
Siana
Siani
Siwan
Winifred
Wynne

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Don't forget that in traditional Welsh, 'wen' is female and 'wyn' is male, whatever the parents of various Bronwyns may think! :-D

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Welsh names are so interesting - I have a friend whose fn and mn are Tudur Llwyd.

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:-)

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♦ Chrisell ♦

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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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