how do you pronoucne Carys?

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Registered: 02-10-2005
how do you pronoucne Carys?
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Sun, 10-23-2005 - 12:07am
Is it Carys like Paris? Or Carys like Cah-ris?
Just wondering,
Laney
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Sun, 10-23-2005 - 2:20am

You were right the first time. Rhymes w/ Paris :) Care-is. It's a beautiful name isn't it?

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Registered: 09-28-2005
Sun, 10-23-2005 - 1:01pm

I would have to agree that I would say it Carys, rhymes with Paris. I like the name, would it be for a boy or girl though?

Theresa

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Registered: 12-15-2003
Sun, 10-23-2005 - 7:28pm
It's definitely for girls. Karis and Charis are Greek for grace, and Carys is Welsh for love. I've also seen it spelled Kerris and Carris. I love it.
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Sun, 10-23-2005 - 11:50pm
Definitely pronounced like Paris. We had Carys (meaning "little love") on our list for our second daughter, and I've always thought it was very pretty.

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Mon, 10-24-2005 - 8:35am
Yes! It's lovely.
Laney
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Mon, 10-24-2005 - 9:27am

I knew a girl from high school that spelled her name like Paris with a "k"...Karis. Pretty.

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Mon, 10-24-2005 - 10:55am
Some friends of mine named their baby girl Charis and were pronouncing it car-iss. They said it was Greek for "God's grace." I'm sure that in Greek, it probably should be pronounced car-iss, and they were trying to maintain that authenticity. However, *everybody* kept calling her cair-iss (rhymes with Paris), so they gave up and changed the pronunciation, too.