tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665212445153507342.post2680955513525958029..comments2024-03-27T02:32:45.049+11:00Comments on Baby Name Pondering: BraithAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14255413992164804017noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665212445153507342.post-247358295589073192016-05-08T02:46:25.387+10:002016-05-08T02:46:25.387+10:00I still believe that it is related to the Welsh wo...I still believe that it is related to the Welsh word brith which means speckled. But started to occur during the radical mutation of the language after the defeat of the Scots perhaps as recent as Bonnie Prince Charlie. <br /><br />I know of one family in tracing their Genealogy started in the US, to Cornwall, to Wales, to Scotland. Where they were a family that was a supt of the Stewart clan (Bonnie Prince Charlie was a Stewart). Each time the jump occurred names often changed to make it sound local to the area. Andrew Faullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09503802411428163179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665212445153507342.post-39971628469861289952013-04-26T18:49:54.752+10:002013-04-26T18:49:54.752+10:00I think the Welsh name Braith is pronounced to rhy...I think the Welsh name Braith is pronounced to rhyme with "blithe", so not quite the same name.<br /><br />I also wrestled over this one, and it seems most likely to be from the Old Norse for "broad", or from the Gaelic for "British".<br /><br />I think in the US they might find this one quite "preppy". Waltzing More Than Matildahttp://waltzingmorethanmatilda.com/noreply@blogger.com