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Charis...

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Nasturtium89 · 21/05/2014 12:14

Totally hypothetical but would it be weird to call our child Charis (adore, adore, adore!) if my name is Harriet and DH's name is Chris?? Sounds a bit to similar to Chris right? :-/

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devoncreamtea · 28/05/2014 11:36

I think it's fine - doesn't sound like either of your names to my ears.

I like the Carys spelling best

KoalaDownUnder · 28/05/2014 07:43

I think Carys is beautiful, and she'll have to put up with much less mispronunciation than if you go with Charis.

I know a couple of girls called Carys with not a drop of Welsh blood in them; never thought anything of it!

EhricLovesTheBhrothers · 27/05/2014 09:18

I thought immediately of hash, sorry.

Solasum · 25/05/2014 18:44

Charis is a lovely name, but Charis and Chris are too similar. Spoken fast they'd sound exactly the same as well.

If you really must use it, make absolutely sure she has a different middle initial to her dad.

StrawberryCheese · 25/05/2014 18:39

I'm a Carys and 70% of people I come across can't pronounce/spell my name.

I think calling your DD Charis as a middle name might be better with your DH's name being Chris.

QOD · 25/05/2014 18:26

Well, it's my name and rightly or wrongly we say sssssssharis

Ssssharis

ancientbuchanan · 25/05/2014 18:15

It's odd how the position has changed, it used to be almost expected to be called after a parent.

I am not the pfb but am called after DM. Not quite the same name, a prettier ( imv) variant. I love it and like being called after her. No-one has ever suggested it's odd.

So my view is go ahead with whatever you want, wherever.

NigellasDealer · 25/05/2014 09:46

even though they are in fact called Hàris
yes but the Greek X as math said does not sound like English H it is more of a soft throaty CH

ThingsThatShine · 25/05/2014 05:04

I am not welsh but it wouldn't stop me using the name Carys. It is lovely! Charis is also nice but personally just prefer Carys.

Alisvolatpropiis · 24/05/2014 23:37

I don't know why you would feel silly using Charis or Carys.

I would merrily use Aurelia and Hermione. I'm Welsh. Neither of those names have any root in the Welsh language

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Nasturtium89 · 24/05/2014 23:27

Thanks for all the input! I agree, somehow I'd feel silly using Carys when not welsh, but don't mind using Charis when not Greek! Really like Charis' meaning. Will probably go for it as a middle name, I actually quite like it as a nod to Harriet & Chris as a middle name! But think it would be a bit cringe to do that with a first name.

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ancientbuchanan · 24/05/2014 19:06

It has been pronounced in English with a k sound for at least 200 years.

I think it's lovely.

And who cares about Harriet and Chris? It's v obviously different.

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mathanxiety · 24/05/2014 18:18

I would have thought the X is a [k?] / 'kh' though, halfway between English K and H. You find a similar [k?] / 'kh' sound in Irish and Scots Gaelic (both 'ch' as in 'loch'), or the Russian letter X.

whattimeisitanyway · 24/05/2014 13:47

V pretty!

nathanimate · 24/05/2014 07:45

It's actually pronounced Hàris in Greek, which is the proper pronounciation. The problem arises when one writes XAPI? in English as Charis, rather than Haris. Understandably, English speakers pronounce Charis as either Karis or Charis(as in chair). Then people tend to go with the flow and just let everyone call them Karis, rather than having to correct everyone all the time, even though they are in fact called Hàris. That's my mother's name and we are Greeks living in London!

CustardFromATin · 24/05/2014 02:09

It is a lovely name, but I really think not with her dad being Chris.

Could it be a middle name?

NigellasDealer · 24/05/2014 01:43

cer i grafu

Salazar · 24/05/2014 01:42

It is indeed the end, for me at least. Because I shan't be replying anymore. You, of course, are free to carry on discussing others' contempt for the Welsh language as you please.

Life is a little bit more fun if you learn you laugh at your self, and your language, though. The English language, what on Earth is up with that? Sanguine means both cheerful and bloodthirsty Wink

NigellasDealer · 24/05/2014 01:38

the end is it? with your rudeness about the Cymraeg and your passive aggressive winky faces? ach y fi

Salazar · 24/05/2014 01:28

Yes, I probably would. Lighten up! I'm not going to debate this. I prefer the Greek spelling of the name Charis to the Welsh. DP's parents are Greek, it suited us as a family more. The end.

NigellasDealer · 24/05/2014 01:21

English person dismisses Welsh language with a few 'jokes' what a surprise

Alisvolatpropiis · 24/05/2014 01:21

Would you make fun of all other languages on the basis it "doesn't make sense in English"?

Salazar · 24/05/2014 01:18

Protective over vowel-related teasing, who knew! Wink