Which one says 'cuh-riss' / 'cah-riss...

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Which one says 'cuh-riss' / 'cah-riss...
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Sun, 04-30-2006 - 2:16pm

Which one says 'cuh-riss' / 'cah-riss' to you?



  • Carys
  • Cariss


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Registered: 02-07-2004
Neither. I would pronounce both Care-iss. I guess if I had to choose which one would be more likely to be pronounced cuh-riss, I'd pick Cariss, because I assume less people are familiar with it. Carys is definitely Care-iss imo. I love Carys, but Cariss is nms - pronounced cuhriss it's really nms. Sorry!
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Registered: 02-18-2006
I used to live in Wales and in my primary school my teacher was called Carys I think its the welsh spelling and its pronounced as you described
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Registered: 02-05-2004
Carys says CARE-iss...think that's Michael Douglas' little girl's name.
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Registered: 03-27-2003

Are you putting the accent on the first or second syllable when you say it?

I'm pretty sure that I told you that friends of mine named their baby girl Charis with the intention of pronouncing it CAR-iss, but no one ever got it right. Eventually, they gave in and started calling her CARE-iss. Of course, if you use it as a mn, the pronunciation won't be as important on a daily basis.

Anyway, if you're saying CUH-riss or CAR-iss, I think that Carys works just fine and is very pretty (although Cariss would work as well). If you're putting the accent on the 2nd syllable (like saying Carissa w/o the A), I'd definitely go with Cariss.

FWIW, I really like Tana Carys for you. :-)

Stephanie

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Registered: 10-23-2004

That's exactly how I say Carys/Cariss, like Carissa without the 'a'. Or like saying Chris with an 'uh' in there. I think whichever way I decide to go, I'm going to have to pronounce it for people but then again, it's a mn so no biggie, really.

Terra.

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Registered: 10-23-2004

Thank you for responding. That helps me a lot.

Terra.

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Registered: 02-02-2006
Carys is a welsh name meaning love and it is pronounced CA-RIS. I'm sure a lot of people would get the pronunciation right as it is Catherine Zeta Jones' little girls name.
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Registered: 07-09-2003
Hmmm... I really didn't know what to vote for ... because frankly, they both look like "CARE-iss" to me. Sorry.

Tami
Mommy to Anna 7.7.04 & Ben 11.19.06

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Registered: 10-23-2004

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one that pronounces Carys this way. Thank you everyone for voting. If we use this as a mn, we'll be using Tanna Carys.

Terra.

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Registered: 10-01-2004

My sisters middle name is Cariss and she pronounces it the same as Carys. I have actually thought 0f using Cariss / Carys as a girls mn after my sister. I think of them both pronounced the same...Cah - Riss...

hth
Casey

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