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What do you think of the Welsh Carys and Cerys? Which do you prefer? How do you pronounce them?
What about the Greek Charis? Do you know its correct pronunciation?
Cerys, Carys or Charis?
What about the Greek Charis? Do you know its correct pronunciation?
Cerys, Carys or Charis?
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I say:
Carys- CA-riss (like the beginning of cat)
Cerys- KEH-riss (like in kettle)
Charis- I’m not sure how it’s suposed to be pronounced. I’d hazard a guess at CAR-riss
My favourite is definitely Cerys. Charis I’m not sure how to say in the first place, and my reason for not liking Carys as much is a bit weird. Basically a girl at my old school’s full name is Cara Harris, and Carys feels like a contraction of the two. She’s a nice person and all, but I didn’t talk to her much, and I generally feel weird using names that remind me of classmates (or even friends) especially only a few years after leaving.
Carys- CA-riss (like the beginning of cat)
Cerys- KEH-riss (like in kettle)
Charis- I’m not sure how it’s suposed to be pronounced. I’d hazard a guess at CAR-riss
My favourite is definitely Cerys. Charis I’m not sure how to say in the first place, and my reason for not liking Carys as much is a bit weird. Basically a girl at my old school’s full name is Cara Harris, and Carys feels like a contraction of the two. She’s a nice person and all, but I didn’t talk to her much, and I generally feel weird using names that remind me of classmates (or even friends) especially only a few years after leaving.
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I say
Carys = I know it's KAHR-iss, and I hope I'd remember, but would blurt out KAIR-iss if I wasn't thinking
Cerys = KEHR-iss
Charis = KAHR-iss
I'm not in love with any of them. Maybe I need to meet someone named Carys, to learn to like it, because there's nothing about it I don't like. Charis seems old-fashioned and more classic, but also borders on dorky or harsh like Phyllis or Doris - or even like Gladys or Glenys, for that matter. I prefer Carissa or even Charissa over Charis.
Carys is more like Gwenyth, does not seem old-fashioned to me, and I hadn't even heard of it until maybe 1990. Cerys seems like a spinoff spelling - sort of like Gwyneth from Gwenyth or Glynis from Glenys; but since the name is not a familiar English one, I don't easily determine which is the "original," nor do I get a distinctly different impression. But I do sort of feel like, here where I live, Cerys is artificially spelled in order to Welshify or maybe witchify it, make it seem more unusual and distinctive. Since in English, Cerys would be said Sair-is. But ... that's not to say I don't like it. It's cute, and for a name pronounced KAIR-, Cerys is visually nicer than Carys.
Carys = I know it's KAHR-iss, and I hope I'd remember, but would blurt out KAIR-iss if I wasn't thinking
Cerys = KEHR-iss
Charis = KAHR-iss
I'm not in love with any of them. Maybe I need to meet someone named Carys, to learn to like it, because there's nothing about it I don't like. Charis seems old-fashioned and more classic, but also borders on dorky or harsh like Phyllis or Doris - or even like Gladys or Glenys, for that matter. I prefer Carissa or even Charissa over Charis.
Carys is more like Gwenyth, does not seem old-fashioned to me, and I hadn't even heard of it until maybe 1990. Cerys seems like a spinoff spelling - sort of like Gwyneth from Gwenyth or Glynis from Glenys; but since the name is not a familiar English one, I don't easily determine which is the "original," nor do I get a distinctly different impression. But I do sort of feel like, here where I live, Cerys is artificially spelled in order to Welshify or maybe witchify it, make it seem more unusual and distinctive. Since in English, Cerys would be said Sair-is. But ... that's not to say I don't like it. It's cute, and for a name pronounced KAIR-, Cerys is visually nicer than Carys.
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I like it w/ the spelling Carys
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Hi Perrine !!!
I prefer Carys over Cerys because Carys is the right spelling and has a meaning while Cerys (I guess it is SE-ris) is too similar to Cherry, Cérise or Ceres all names already in my PNL.
Charis is like a soft 'kh' (not strong as the Arabic or Spanish ones). I can figure it more like a h with a bit of kh, but not too much.
I prefer Charis. I would always prefer Greek/Latin names than names which I have no links with (ehm..is the grammar ok? TT).
I prefer Carys over Cerys because Carys is the right spelling and has a meaning while Cerys (I guess it is SE-ris) is too similar to Cherry, Cérise or Ceres all names already in my PNL.
Charis is like a soft 'kh' (not strong as the Arabic or Spanish ones). I can figure it more like a h with a bit of kh, but not too much.
I prefer Charis. I would always prefer Greek/Latin names than names which I have no links with (ehm..is the grammar ok? TT).
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Carys & Cerys are KA ris and KE ris in Wales. They're okay; not exciting to me, but not bad names. I like Carys better, probably because I've met nicer Caryses and just prefer the sound and look of it.
Greek ch is a bit like the ch in loch, so Charis in Greek would be closer to Harris than Carys, but in English I'd imagine it's also KA ris.
Greek ch is a bit like the ch in loch, so Charis in Greek would be closer to Harris than Carys, but in English I'd imagine it's also KA ris.
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