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Conference oass::babynames

Title:	A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy)
Notice:	BABYNAMES is now on-line and writable! Enjoy...
Moderator:	OASS::BURDEN_D

Created:	Tue Feb 13 1996
Last Modified:	Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	996
Total number of notes:	7139

209.0. "Rhiannon" by VOLGA::E_FINKELSEN () Tue Apr 12 1988 15:52

    This name is being discussed under the heading of Rowena so I thought
    I would give it it's own note.
    
    Does anyone know a Rhiannon personally?  
    
    It is pronounced Ree ann nun...or...Ree ann on (same thing to me)
    
    I loved it after seeing it in a novel about a welsh girl.  In the
    book it says there is a "myth" about a witch by the name of Rhiannon
    so they automatically became suspicious of her.  (superstitious)
    
    LN

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
209.1	Rhiannon/Rhianna	GEMINI::FROMENT	You want it WHEN??????	`Wed Apr 27 1988 16:09`	6
	Don't know any Rhiannons personally, but have run across a couple on my children's school rosters. My cousin's daughter is named Rhianna, shortened because they felt it sounded better with their last name. I've run across a couple other Rhianna's (Rheana) too. I think they were all born when the Fleetwood Mack song was popular.
209.2	Raeanne	CURIUM::PRGSEC	Sh*t Happens!	`Wed Apr 27 1988 16:42`	1
	I have a friend who's name is Raeanne. It's different but nice.
209.3	No need to burn the steak!	KAOFS::S_BROOK	Many hands make bytes work	`Thu Apr 28 1988 12:29`	6
	According to "Facts on File's Dictionary of First Names", Rhiannon is indeed Welsh and means nymph or goddess. No witching overtones were indicated! stuart
209.4	one baby	MSD36::STHILAIRE	It's a weird life, ya know	`Thu Apr 28 1988 16:45`	3
	About 4 yrs. ago I worked with a woman at DEC Shrewsbury who named her baby daughter Rhiannon.
209.5	At last a Rhiannon.	WARDER::RUDDICK		`Tue May 31 1988 11:46`	16
	Yes I know someone with the name Rhiannon, my sister. She really likes it, but unfortunatly she gets called Nan most of the time by the family. This is just something that has stuck with her since childhood, because as a baby she could not quite get her teeth around the name, and pronounced it Naninon. As to the origin of the name, I know that in the books that the Welsh use for their O Levels (Equivilent to Shakespere ) She was a white Witch, which I think is what the Fleetwood Mac song was about. I'd be interested if anyone Knows the name of the book that the Welsh use, I think it begins with M. Julia Ruddick Julia Ruddick
209.6	y	CIPIC2::CARIGNAN		`Wed Feb 15 1989 11:47`	4
	My middle name...named after my grandmother!!! Christine
209.7		29376::DUBOIS	Love makes a family	`Wed Dec 27 1989 15:13`	3
	There is a singer by this name. Carol