[ANSTHRLD] Welsh mixed with Scots name question

[Hedwig von Luneborg]

Yes, thank you so much!!!

On 10/30/06, kobrien at texas.net <kobrien at texas.net> wrote:
>
> Sigh.  It looks like my response to this thread has gone into the bit
> bucket.
>
> Here's what I wrote.
>
> Mari
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
> > OK it is the age old question but here it is:
> >
> > Can my client have a Welsh first name and a Scot's last name that is a
> > descriptive saying she is Welsh?  Naturally she wants to be Gwen but she
> > wants to be Scottish... :-D  I told her not to hold her breath.
> > So, Gwen ____________ (Scottish for I'm Welsh or from Wells) is the
> > question.
> >
> > Thanks (knowing the answer will probably be no but I promised I would
> ask
> > so here it is),
>
>
> If it's Scots not Scottish Gaelic, it's registerable with a weirdness (or
> a "step from period practice").
>
> My first instinct would be to look in Black for "Walsh" or "Welsh" and see
> what's there.
>
> registerable in the same name for a long time.  I don't know if that's
> changed, but I don't think it has.
>
>
> If she wants a Gaelic byname indicating she's Welsh, the easy fix would be
> to
> use an English version of <Gwen>.  For example, <Guine> and <Gwine> are
> dated
> to the late 16th C at http://www.s-
> gabriel.org/names/mari/dymock/dym_women.html  These are found in
> Glocestershire, near the border with Wales.
>
>
> I don't know for certain what a Scottish Gaelic byname meaning 'Welsh' is,
> but I know it was <Breathnach> in Irish Gaelic (see: http://www.s-
> gabriel.org/names/mari/AnnalsIndex/DescriptiveBynames/Breathnach.shtml).
> Many Scottish Gaelic words are the same or similar to their Irish Gaelic
> counterparts, but not all.  We'd have to check on this one.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Mari
>
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