[ANSTHRLD] Gaelic names

[Sara L Friedemann]

Quoth ravenrux at cox.net:
> Greetings the List,
> 
> I've had a question posed to me which I am unable to answer.  It concerns the
>  pronunciation of some Gaelic (I think) given names and a surname.  Could som
> e Kind Soul who is In the Know please offer guidance? 
> 
> The names are:
>      Glendynwyne (this is a surname, the rest are given names)
>          Makyne     
>          Gelis
>          Syffy
>          Sywr

Where did you find these?  None of these look Gaelic to me -
Gaelic doesn't have a letter <y>.  <Gelis> also looks like an
anglicized form.

-Aryanhwy




 
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