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olive or carys?

39 replies

aroha77 · 21/04/2014 09:07

We're looking for a girl's name which isn't too cute/popular/pretty/girly...! We have lots of Welsh relatives despite not living there ourselves so wouldn't mind something welsh. Also lived in new Zealand for quite a while and liked some of the Maori names.

So far our options seem to be:

Olive Grace
Carys (Joan?? Grandma's name)

Any opinions on them or new suggestions??

Thanks :)

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thegreylady · 23/04/2014 14:01

Carys Joan is really lovely. Olive always makes me think of Olive Oyl Popeye's girlfriend!

Graciejoylove8 · 23/04/2014 13:30

Carys Jane? Carys June?

I struggle with Joan
But that's personal, and shouldn't influence your choice, so go with you gut instinct.
My dd is Gracie, so I'm bias for Carys Grace too

DangoDays · 23/04/2014 03:55

Love Carys of Cerys. I know one and she is just gorgeous. Would be a top name for us if we ever had a dd.

ElkTheory · 23/04/2014 03:31

I don't care for the name Carys. It always makes me think of the word caries, even though they are pronounced differently. So of the two names, I would choose Olive.

DramaAlpaca · 23/04/2014 00:26

Carys is really lovely.

I think Olive is an ugly name, as is Joan.

Salazar · 23/04/2014 00:23

I love Carys. DDs middle name is Charis as it was a more culturally appropriate spelling for us. Think it is prettier with this spelling too.

I do also like Olive though! I imagine an Olive to be very quirky.

toffeelolly · 22/04/2014 23:47

Love Carys, my daughters name. But do not like cerys . To me it just does not sound nice.

ThingsThatShine · 22/04/2014 23:04

I love Carys and don't like olive

Alisvolatpropiis · 22/04/2014 23:01

Ha! Fair point Farely, I think it must be something to do with how her older sister (at the time a tiny toddler) said Cerys - she goes by Kess.

FarelyKnuts · 22/04/2014 23:00

Alis What nickname does she go by? Wracking my brains to think of nickname my Cerys could end up with :o

Alisvolatpropiis · 22/04/2014 22:43

Farely

I've always thought it the other way around, how funny, exact same thought just with the differing name.

I know far fewer Cerys' though Only the one. She goes by a nickname mostly. Carys was quite a popular name for my age group at school and the years above and below, so they'd all be between 26-24

friedgreentomatoes88 · 22/04/2014 22:26

Much prefer Carys to Cerys. I also like Olive though, not much help!

FarelyKnuts · 22/04/2014 09:13

We have a Cerys. Carys seems a slightly harsher sound for some reason (to my ears anyway). And no to Olive.

CPtart · 22/04/2014 08:05

Carys is lovely.
Olive is awful.

Carys Elizabeth?

rachel234 · 22/04/2014 07:48

Neither are very feminine, but Olive is an ugly, oily green fruit!

Olivia?

pinkgirlythoughts · 22/04/2014 07:33

My cousin is Carys Eve

weatherall · 21/04/2014 20:56

Carys

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 21/04/2014 20:32

Please dont choose Olive as its what this bump will be called and I dont want it getting popular Grin

What about Cerys Olive?

toffeelolly · 21/04/2014 20:30

My dd is carys. I just love it. And you do not I think hear it to often which I love. She is Carys Erin.

Guitargirl · 21/04/2014 20:25

DD's middle name is Carys but I must admit it has lost its shine a bit having heard it being screeched across various parks in Wales over the years...

Hardrockhallelujah · 21/04/2014 20:19

I LOVE Olive - it's beautiful.

Brummiegirl15 · 21/04/2014 20:12

Carys is beautiful. DP and I are TTC and this is my number 1 girls name.

Can't even consider my thoughts about Olive as I love Carys so much

RabbitPies · 21/04/2014 15:56

Carlys is beautiful. It's a great name.

Olive is one of the ugliest names ever IMHO.

squoosh · 21/04/2014 13:01

Olive is AWFUL.

Carys is lovely.

WhereHas1999DissappearedToo · 21/04/2014 12:26

Carys :)