Thoughts on Seren

[Blondie87]

Title says it all really! Don't live in Wales but DH has Welsh heritage.

[clarinsgirl]

Lovely name

[thestylethatdecadesforgot]

Really love it. Was sadly vetoed by DH for all my girls!

[seeyounearertime]

Isnt that the bats name in Abadas?

It's a lovely name.

[strawberryblondebint]

Adore this name. I'm not Welsh I'm Irish but if I had any sniff of Welsh in my background my Dd would have this name. It's classic and beautiful

[GiddyOnZackHunt]

Would have been on my shortlist if ds had been a dd.

[LiquorsOnDeck]

Love it

[Lolimax]

Its a lovely name (Welsh for star) but here in South Wales we have an awful lot of little stars around.

[LadyAntonella]

It's really popular on MN but I've never met one in RL (I'm not Welsh obviously) so I think it's quite nice that it would be unusual.

Personally I don't love it all that much. I don't know why, I think it's just the sound. To me it sounds a little bit like Sarah or Sharon but not iykwim? It is a perfectly nice name though - definitely not horrible.

I love the name Wren which is kind of similar. Also I love Star (Seren is Welsh for star I think) but I think I'm in the minority there!

[LadyAntonella]

Sorry should rtft - pp already said it is Welsh for star.

[ReggaeShark]

Nice.

[namechange7711]

I love the name Seren. It's pretty without being too girly/cutesy, so will carry well into adulthood.

It's easy to spell too (which is a bonus for a Welsh name!) so won't cause any problems if you live outside of Wales.

I also really like Serena, which is similar.

[Lilacpink40]

Beautiful!

[beenaroundawhile]

I don't like it personally, I feel like it's a name your DD would always be having to explain / spell if you weren't in a community closely associated with its origin. If that doesn't bother you then go for it, there are also many worse names you could pick

[iwouldgoouttonight]

I've not heard it before but it sounds pretty. How is it pronounced? Ser-un (like seven) or se-wren?

[LadyMonicaBaddingham]

Se-wren, Iwould. In mid-Wales we have a veritable galaxy of Serens, too, Lolimax

[DramaAlpaca]

Lovely name.

[BotanicalPJs]

Very popular.

How about Nia - means bright. Pronounced knee-ya.

Or Haf. Means summer, pronounced Haav

Or Celyn - means holly, pronounced kell-in

Or Hafwen (white summer) or Heddwen (white peace)

Or Liliwen (snowdrop, like in the traditional song Lili wen fach)

Not sure how popular these are now days.
The most unusual name in my welsh school was Teifi (like the river).

[LadyAntonella]

I know a Nia (not a child, she's in her thirties) and I absolutely love the name. It's lovely.

[shugfish]

I love it.
It was on our shortlist for DD but we didn't feel it suited her Auburn hair so went with Megan instead.
We don't like in Wales but I have Welsh parents and a Welsh named DS to match. I also know one of two here in SW London, with no problems with the spelling.

[barbecue]

I like Seren, also Serena.

[Terrifiedandregretful]

Lovely name. I also really like Anwen

[ThePartyArtist]

It's becoming very popular in South Wales, having been virtually unheard of a generation ago in my experience. I do like it but wondered if, outside of Wales, it'd be misheard as Sarah all the time?

[GiddyOnZackHunt]

shug my utterly lovely Aunty Megan had auburn hair. Give your girl a cuddle from me

[nuttymango]

We saw a couple on holiday with a Seren and a Rowan. Lovely names but the children didn't know how to behave in public

[LifeIsGoodish]

Ds in Y4 has a classmate called Seren. We're in the SE, and I don't know where Seren's family come from. I had no idea it was a Welsh name, I thought it a pretty variant on Serena, and that it derived from the word "serene". They pronounce it like seven.