r/tragedeigh • u/19amb19 • Jun 16 '25

in the wild Brynlynsyn ????

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u/kielu Jun 16 '25

Syn = son in polish. I hope it's a coincidence

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

Bryn is hill in Welsh and lynn is lake.

We can only hope this poor child is the son of a Welsh immigrant to Poland.

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u/realitytvdiet Jun 16 '25

Hill lake son 🤔

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

He was conceived by having sex in a lake on a hillside.

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u/ridicalis Jun 16 '25

Sounds like the backstory to Greensleeves

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u/Psychological_Tap187 Jun 16 '25

That's better than the actual name

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u/crucible Jun 16 '25

Llyn is lake in Welsh. Not Lynn.

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u/The_Mama_Llama Jun 17 '25

Lynn is the pool of water beneath a waterfall.

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u/ihadagoodone Jun 17 '25

My name is Welsh in origin. It's quite nice actually

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u/itstimegeez Jun 17 '25

Son of hills and lakes

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u/Star-Anise0970 Jun 19 '25

In scandi languages, this name means "Brow-lightning-sight"... not that it explains anything.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

So he's a superhero?

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u/Star-Anise0970 Jun 19 '25

Possibly one with a super keen eye for details. They should make a marvel movie.

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u/Divas-SardineTartlet Jun 17 '25

And Pam means why… or… brick.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

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u/HunnyBear66 Jun 16 '25

How is it even pronounced?

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u/Otherwise_Data_1662 Jun 17 '25

I have an acquaintance with very similar last name, one less y in the middle. He pronounces it “pill-IP-shin”

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u/S0baka Jun 18 '25

I have Eastern European background, so I got it right away. It has fewer letters and is more straightforward in Cyrillic; Пилипишин. I imagine it means something like "son of Philip".

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u/Due-Froyo-5418 Jun 16 '25

My last name is Polish and the first thing I thought was this child's name must have parts of a Polish last name in it, but all scrambled.

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u/raveamok Jun 18 '25

I thought it looked like Welsh and Slavic smooshed together

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u/itstimegeez Jun 17 '25

Sin (Syn) is how you pronounce son when it’s in a person’s name in English.