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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear All you wordsmiths: I have just been
graced with a new granddaughter named Colwynne Fen Owens. Her dad (my son
Greg) tells me that Colwyn Bay is at the north of Wales, a place he
and Daphne spent some time after they were engaged. Anyway, I wonder if any
of you linguists know anything about the name (either the masculine of
feminine version), whether it is related to Colin or Colleen or ? in other
languages, and if it has a mythological history (Greg and Daphne have been
opera singers and they are very much into legends). Many thanks from
Nana/Linda Owens PS My husband's grandfather Henry acquired the final "s"
in Owens when he entered this country and he was not about to argue with
immigration officials. He was actually Welsh, from Manchester,
Eng.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>