In a message dated 26/04/2001 08:06:23 GMT Daylight Time,
cscott(a)commandnet.net writes:
<< can anyone , Please , Tell me if "IOLO" is a nickname??
(This starts with an " i ")
I am searching for someone , who's name is IOLO MORSE EVANS.
He was from BRIDGEND , Wales.
Please let me know if this is a Nickname , and what the real name would
be. >>
Iolo is not, strictly, a nickname it is a diminutive (in the same way as Liz
is a diminutive of Elizabeth, rather than a nick name for Elizabeth).
Having got the pedants out of the way!!!
Iolo is a diminutive of the Welsh name IORWERTH. Iorweth is a "proper" Welsh
name (unlike Sion, Dafydd, etc.). Its meaning being:
valued or worthy of (Werth)
God (Ior)
Most of the 18th and 19th century Bards who adopted the name Iorwerth had the
given name EDWARD. This is 90% certain to be your Iolo's given name.
Other possibilities are JOHN (beloved of God - similar derivation) or
ROWLAND, Rolo being a "sounds like" diminutive of Rowland - (Yr Iolo {the
Iolo} and Y Rolo {the Rolo} being almost indistinguishable in speech, and
Y/The being a common form of endearment, before a nickname or diminutive).
Unless you are 100% certain of MORSE, it may be worth checking the name as
Morris, Morus, Maurice etc., which are more likely combinations with Iolo /
Edward in Wales.
I hope that this response adds light to your problem rather than further
confusion!!!! :>)
All the best
Alwyn