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Emrys

Gender: M Popularity: this week. Origin of Emrys: Welsh, variation of Ambrose Meaning of Emrys: "immortal one"

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If you're looking for a Welsh name less common than Dylan, Griffin, Evan, or Morgan, you might want to consider this offbeat epithet of the wise wizard Merlin.

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It is actually pronounced EM-riss, not EM-rees. The 'y' in Welsh has more than one pronunciation, so Rhys = REES, but Rys = riss.

Druid name of the title character of the BBC series 'Merlin' (2008-2012)

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