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Opinions on the name Seren

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AccrualIntentions · 27/07/2017 21:42

I'm aware this is quite a popular name in Wales (I'm half Welsh and was born there but we live in the north of England now) but I don't know any girls called Seren in real life. I'm not sure it'll actually work with our surname, but it's the only name my DH and I have remotely agreed on yet.

Any thoughts? If you heard this would you be like "oh god not another Seren" or think it was weird?

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booellesmum · 28/07/2017 22:01

There is a Seren in my daughter's year.
I really like it.

Decaffstilltastesweird · 28/07/2017 21:58

I like it, but I'm not mad about it. I prefer Serena, which I think is a bit more grown up sounding.

hmcAsWas · 28/07/2017 00:11

I've not heard it before but I really like it. Makes me think of the mystical ethereal Arwen in LOTR

Buntysoven · 28/07/2017 00:03

I love it. Elegant and unfussy

bridgetreilly · 27/07/2017 23:52

I don't like it at all, sorry. It reminds me of Saran wrap, which is American clingfilm.

BrendaSmith56 · 27/07/2017 23:27

Lovely. Don't know any in the Midlands! Makes me think of Serendipity which means pleasant surprise I think?

Donttouchthethings · 27/07/2017 23:10

I hear Serengeti. Sorry.

early30smum · 27/07/2017 23:08

I know a couple and think it's a lovely name.

Heartofglass12345 · 27/07/2017 22:28

I liked aneira/ eira, eleri and lili too x

Doilooklikeatourist · 27/07/2017 22:27

I live in Wales. There are a lot of little Serens
However , I'm English , and I think it looks like Serena , spelt wrongly

Heartofglass12345 · 27/07/2017 22:23

@user1476527701 was it abadas by any chance lol.
I think its a lovely name, but i wouldn't use it where i am (S.Wales lol) due to it being so common. Its pronounced completely different to Serena though, so not really similar lol
As long as you both like it thats the main thing!
My son is called Osian (a few Osian's around here) and a woman in the doctors waiting room was horrified with it! She was so rude it was unbelievable!

Daffydil · 27/07/2017 22:17

I love it. It would have been one of my top choices for DD except it sounds to much like my name.

Much prefer it to Serena.

OlennasWimple · 27/07/2017 22:15

I like it

Topkat9 · 27/07/2017 22:14

Seren means star in Welsh, the only consideration I would say is....is it easily pronounceable where you live as I find that is a problem a lot of my friends have (ones with Welsh names) when they are outside Wales.

NotMyMonkees · 27/07/2017 22:04

Love it

user1476527701 · 27/07/2017 21:58

I love it, only come across one seren in rly but it was also the name of something on CBeebies when my boy was little, he's now 7

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 27/07/2017 21:55

Seren is a beautiful name.

NaiceToMeetYou · 27/07/2017 21:54

Love it, don't know any. Would have been my choice if I'd had a girl.

BestIsWest · 27/07/2017 21:53

Lovely, wish I'd used it.

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DramaAlpaca · 27/07/2017 21:52

It's a nice name. I've only ever met one.

Blodplod · 27/07/2017 21:51

Love it, not heard it before but my lovely 6mo nieces name and it's lovely, serene (get it?) and unusual enough with the silliness of younique, weird or wacky!

indigo13 · 27/07/2017 21:49

I get the impression part of the attraction is the meaning but to me, that doesn't make up for the dullness of it. Its kind of watery, sorry

AnneGrommit · 27/07/2017 21:48

Lovely. It sounds like a limpid pool dappled with sunlight.

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AccrualIntentions · 27/07/2017 21:46

@soundsystem and not too difficult to spell either! I like a lot of Welsh names but so many of them aren't intuitive to pronounce or spell.

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