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Please help cannot spell a welsh name ??????

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dee

dee Report 2 Oct 2004 21:15

Could any body help i have a name (Rodda) the way i would say it would that be Rohadda in welsh ??????????? any ideas will help . i have had difficulty looking it up because i am unsure of the spelling . thank you diana

Unknown

Unknown Report 2 Oct 2004 21:16

Could it be Rhoda?

Unknown

Unknown Report 2 Oct 2004 21:18

Place name or personal name? First name or second name? Male or female? Could be Rhondda or Rhodri? nell

dee

dee Report 2 Oct 2004 21:18

its a male middle name

Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 2 Oct 2004 21:40

Hi I'm not a Welsh-speaker but did once have ambitions with respect to one, so started to try to learn a bit about the language. (Besides, languages interest me!). I reckon that if it sounds like Rodda in English then it must be something like Rhodr in Welsh. I just tried putting that into Google and came up with a number of sites where that appears to be a first name! -spelt just as I suggested. Christine

Unknown

Unknown Report 2 Oct 2004 21:43

I've had a look on a couple of Welsh male name sites, but there's nothing coming up. It may be a first or surname used as a second name. Welsh male names I know of with R are Rhys Rhodri Rhisiart Rhydian nell

dee

dee Report 2 Oct 2004 21:48

Thanks for your ideas my husbands welsh and to his shame he doest know (lol)Shame On Him .His mother asked me to look up her great grand father and she did not know how it was spelt either . Thanks every one i will try different ways and see if it gets me any where . diana

An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 3 Oct 2004 00:30

Dont know if Ive missed the point here, but I know Rodda as a Cornish name - could it be a mother's maiden name?

Deborah

Deborah Report 4 Oct 2004 23:23

the spelling we use in north wales is rhodda could this be the one