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Help[Opinions] Nah, I don't think so
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Etymologically ignorant people and tryndeez aren't confied to North America (though they do seem a lot more common here!), and I think Welsh folks who use -wyn for girls either aren't aware of the grammatical/etymological inappropriateness of it, or don't care. In any case, -wyn for girls is a 20th-century phenomenon, and to me is like using Francis for a girl in English *coughlikeBrookeShieldscough*.
See here for a more detailed discussion on Branwen, Bronwen, and other like names: http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/branwen.shtml. They also briefly discuss the -wyn problem in their article about Ceridwen and related names: http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/ceridwen.shtml.
See here for a more detailed discussion on Branwen, Bronwen, and other like names: http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/branwen.shtml. They also briefly discuss the -wyn problem in their article about Ceridwen and related names: http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/ceridwen.shtml.
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I think most Welsh people are aware of the fact that -wyn is a masc. ending, and -wen is fem, but may choose to ignore it for the sake of how it makes the name look, for example.
I'd also like to point out, though, that simply because a name ends in -wyn, it doesn't *make* it a boy's name, and vice versa. So spelling it Ceridwyn wouldn't make it a boy's name, it would still be a girl's name, just with a masculine ending.
I'd also like to point out, though, that simply because a name ends in -wyn, it doesn't *make* it a boy's name, and vice versa. So spelling it Ceridwyn wouldn't make it a boy's name, it would still be a girl's name, just with a masculine ending.
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