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How would you pronounce Seren?

17 replies

Psammead · 03/09/2010 09:45

To rhyme with Derren? Or is there some other way?

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Eglu · 03/09/2010 09:47

I would rhyme it with Derren too. Can't think of any other way to put it.

MollysChambers · 03/09/2010 09:48

Yes to rhyme with Derren. Lovely name.

yesway · 03/09/2010 09:49

I would rhyme it with "seven" but that's my lack of imagination...

WillbeanChariot · 03/09/2010 09:59

It's not quite to rhyme with Derren. There's a little bit more emphasis on the second syllable. Hard to explain! Derren is sort of DE-run while Seren has also got the stress on the first syllable but a definite E sound on the second. SE-ren. Don't know if that makes any sense it all. We are Welsh and there's a Seren in our family.

SixtyFootDoll · 03/09/2010 10:01

AS willbean says

its an EN sound on the end not an UN.
Prob more like seven

mice · 03/09/2010 10:02

my welsh friends daughter is called Seren - and we all (including her and her family) pronounce it to rhyme with Derren.
It means star in welsh and is a really pretty name - seems to be getting more popular.

SixtyFootDoll · 03/09/2010 10:12

Lots of Serens here in S Wales

morganlebuffay · 03/09/2010 10:18

Yeah I would have said it like "seven" or "Derren".

Psammead · 03/09/2010 10:22

Thanks, all!

So it's like... SER-wren or so, WillbeanChariot?

There's a lot of Welsh in my family (my grandmother and all her side of the family) although I am English. I think it's such a pretty name and I'd love to use it to honour my Welsh side.

Almost used it for DD as a middle name - but it clashed with her first name, or rather made her sound like a poor imitation of a movie star (no pun intended).

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WillbeanChariot · 03/09/2010 11:28

Yes exactly Psammead! You put it better, sorry couldn't explain myself. I think it's a lovely name.

sedgiebaby · 03/09/2010 11:38

I have a 2010 French baby names book and Séren is there, I think meaning serene, I am trying to pursuade French speaking DH, but he got wind of the Welsh connection and we have none...so he said no...

imahappycamper · 03/09/2010 20:56

My friend's niece is Seren. She says it is Welsh for Star. It is a nice name anyway. I think it is like Derrun only with a Welsh accent.

serin · 04/09/2010 17:44

With an i Grin

NormalityBites · 04/09/2010 17:45

Like semen with an R

DandyDan · 06/09/2010 11:38

Sare-ren. Had a friend with a daughter called this, near Wales.

Quenbioz · 06/09/2010 12:29

To rhyme with Derren.

TruthSweet · 06/09/2010 15:59

dd3's middle name is Seren. We pronounce it to rhyme with Derren (Seh-ren not Sur-ren).

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