Welsh name pronunciation

[Kitcat12]

So we thought we had settled on our baby's name, we are both Welsh so having a Welsh name is very important to us. We want to call our boy Llewelyn, but shorten it to Llewy. How would you assume that Llewy should be pronounced? We want it to be like Louie but in Welsh the Ll sound is pronounced differently so I'm not sure now if it's going to work! Help!!

[Lovefood1984]

I’m from England and read it as the Louie pronunciation, it’ll be interesting to see what people from wales say 🤔😊 x

[Kitcat12 in reply to Lovefood1984]

Yes! 👍🏼👍🏼Great, thanks x

[Hopefulholly]

Hay kitcat12

I read Llewy as Louie I am also welsh so I can’t see a issue with it not sure how it would be pronounced by anyone who doesn’t know welsh! Although my son has a Welsh name and I have to explain how to pronounce it all the time but I would never change it as it’s different.

Hope that helps xXx

[Kitcat12 in reply to Hopefulholly]

Really helpful, thanks! ❤️

[kitscat]

I’m welsh so would pronounce it as Llew - ee. It’s a lovely name! I’ve always liked it ☺️

[Kitcat12 in reply to kitscat]

That's how I think most people will pronounce it, I just love the pronunciation like Louie, but I know that when he goes to school everyone will pronounce it the same way as you!! In a pickle about it 😩 he's definitely Llewelyn, I love the name ❤️ Thanks lovely x

[MissEd]

Id say louie but again im english x

[Bexta6060]

Im Australian and I would pronounce it Louie too. Go for it x

[Starsandsunbeams]

Hiya, I think it will be lovely. I had a grandfather and have a cousin named Llewelyn. Llew for short is common in Wales and for those that aren't Welsh, they just tend to pronounce it as 'Lou' so I guess Llewy would be as others have said- Louie or if you're Welsh, you'd pronouce it with the correct 'Ll' sound. 😀

[Kitcat12 in reply to Starsandsunbeams]

My partner's grandad was Llewelyn and everyone called him Lou, so I think you might be right. Thanks so much 👍🏼

[Tugsgirl]

My Hubby has that name as his middle name and he pronounces it with a K like KLlewelyn, if that makes sense. With a kinda roll of the tongue. He was born in Carmarthen xx

[Kitcat12 in reply to Tugsgirl]

The Ll sound is so hard to pronounce for a non welsh speaker!! Camarthen is a beautiful part of the world ❤️