Cultured Views

It is nice to see any couple welcome a much wanted baby into the world and it is even sweeter when that couple have overcome heartache and tragedy in the past to find such happiness again. The Cameron’s are no exception in this and following the death earlier this year of their little boy Ivan, they have now welcomed the arrival of their fourth child, a little girl, and born 3 weeks early during their holiday in Cornwall.

Of course this now calls for the name of the new baby to have a Cornish connection and it would be a lovely tribute to the nurses who coped so well in what was an emergency caesarian. Cornwall is a beautiful and unique part of the UK, a piece of earth almost separate to everything around it according to the proud locals who are intent on keeping their ancient Cornish language alive – so a Cornish name would be just the right thing in this case.

Cornish is a dialect of Celtic and was spoken as a community language up until the late 18th century with the last native Cornish speaker dying in the 1800′s. The language is a recognised minority language of the United Kingdom and is now being revived thanks to a process begun by Henry Jenner in the early 20th century.

So what are some Cornish names, and their meanings, the Cam’s can choose from…?

Bersaba – daughter of an oath

Caja – daisy

Elowen – elm (my favourite…)

Genna – white, fair; (if she’s a blonde of course)

Kerenza/Kerensa – love

Lowenna - joy

Sowena - success

I will predict now a wave of baby girls being given Cornish names over the next year or so – ah well, you cannot beat the old names for character and beauty I always say.

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