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Deio Tomos is wonderful. Would that be DAY-oh or DYE-oh? I'm guessing at a David connection.
Lliwen and Llio are unexpected! Any information? Also Tirion? And would Sali Mair be Sally Mary across the border?
Lliwen and Llio are unexpected! Any information? Also Tirion? And would Sali Mair be Sally Mary across the border?
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Don't know about down South, but in North Wales Deio is day-o. It's a very common nn for David and Dafydd.
Llio was originally a short form of Gwenllian, but it's often used as a full name now.
Lliwen seems to be a fairly modern invention - I can't find any usage before 1911. It looks like it's made out of lliw (colour) and gwyn (white, fair, blessed, beautiful, various other meanings) so combine those as you will :) I just checked and it's also the name of a small river in Denbighshire, but as the first people who were given the name lived nowhere near there, I'm not sure they're connected.
Tirion = kind, gentle. Nice meaning for a boy's name.
Sali Mair - yes, and that's the second Sali I've seen recently.
Llio was originally a short form of Gwenllian, but it's often used as a full name now.
Lliwen seems to be a fairly modern invention - I can't find any usage before 1911. It looks like it's made out of lliw (colour) and gwyn (white, fair, blessed, beautiful, various other meanings) so combine those as you will :) I just checked and it's also the name of a small river in Denbighshire, but as the first people who were given the name lived nowhere near there, I'm not sure they're connected.
Tirion = kind, gentle. Nice meaning for a boy's name.
Sali Mair - yes, and that's the second Sali I've seen recently.
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