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Well, Bran is Welsh for "raven" (he's also an ancient hero) so Branwhite is an odd Welsh/English mixture meaning "white raven"...
Branwen would be the more logical name, imo... with the same meaning.
Branwhite itself isn't really a name and just doesn't sound right. Besides it looks really funny. Like a *Ziyingrid (Ziyi + Ingrid) or *Josevan (Jose + Evan).
*I made these names up, please don't take them to be real! They're just silly! :)
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
"Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble
Branwen would be the more logical name, imo... with the same meaning.
Branwhite itself isn't really a name and just doesn't sound right. Besides it looks really funny. Like a *Ziyingrid (Ziyi + Ingrid) or *Josevan (Jose + Evan).
*I made these names up, please don't take them to be real! They're just silly! :)
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble
This message was edited 2/16/2006, 10:07 AM
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Sources please . . .
Briallen, do you have an independent source to back up your assertion that it is a made-up, Welsh-English mixture meaning "white raven"? Please provide some evidence to support this claim.
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
Briallen, do you have an independent source to back up your assertion that it is a made-up, Welsh-English mixture meaning "white raven"? Please provide some evidence to support this claim.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Briallen-Branwhite is my surname. At least i know now why i have never found a meaning to it!
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lol! Ah, it certainly does!
No offense meant earlier :) I though you meant it as a fn... is this really your surname? Where are you from (if you don't mind my asking)?
I can see it being made by English/Americans just not wanting to copy a name correctly or by a Welsh person that was trying to English-ize or American-ize their name...
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
"Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble
No offense meant earlier :) I though you meant it as a fn... is this really your surname? Where are you from (if you don't mind my asking)?
I can see it being made by English/Americans just not wanting to copy a name correctly or by a Welsh person that was trying to English-ize or American-ize their name...
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble
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I have Welsh and northern English ancestry, mainly Yorkshire and Cumbrian.
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Branwhite . . .
According to this site, which may be dodgy, Branwhite is a form of Branthwaite. Some etymology is provided.
http://www.my.cybersoup.com/branthwaite/
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
According to this site, which may be dodgy, Branwhite is a form of Branthwaite. Some etymology is provided.
http://www.my.cybersoup.com/branthwaite/
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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