Welsh Name Quiz

Welcome to the welsh name quiz. Did you know that your Welsh name is actually a part of your genealogy? You might have come across your ancestor's name in old records. Before records began, most people only had their first and middle names. Then, people began adding more descriptive information to their names to distinguish them from other people who had the same name. These descriptive details were often dropped from the first and middle names because they were common among family members. For example, David Owen would have been called David Abp.

Your Welsh name may be a translation of a place in Wales. Abertawe, for example, means 'estuary of the Tawe'. Swansea, on the other hand, does not mean'sea of swans' - the name is derived from Norse, the language of the Vikings. It commemorates the island of a man named Svein. You could even be named after a place in Wales!

Your Welsh name may be a derivative of the Welsh word for "newtown." The Old English name of the town was Y Drenewydd, which means 'dirty pool'. It was anglicized into "pool" in the Middle Ages. In 1835, it was given the name Welshpool to differentiate it from Poole, a city in Dorset, England.

What is your Welsh Name?

Answer a few easy question and we will tell you what your Welsh Name is.

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