Seren/Eleri

[MissTriangle]

I am due in 3 weeks with DD2. I am English and DH is Welsh, but we live in England. He is adamant that we use a welsh name this time, as DD1 has a English name that was my choice.
I think we have narrowed it down to 2, just wondering which you prefer.

Seren Elizabeth
Eleri Jane

Thanks.

Eleri Jane is lovely!

Both lovely but I prefer Seren

Both are lovely but I prefer Seren, DD4 was going to have Seren as a middle name after my MIL but she was a he.

Definitely prefer Seren Elizabeth.

Eleri makes me think of celeri.

Seren Elizabeth is lovely.

I am a bit worried about Eleri being mispronounced and ending up sounding like celery. It is said El-air-ey, but I guess Seren is a safer option as you can't go much wrong with that.

Actually, I've never heard anyone saying 'Seren'. I would pronounce it 'Serren', but I don't know if it should be 'Se-REHN' or even 'Sear-en'.

I prefer Eleri.

I like both.

The only Eleri I have known was pronounced to sound like "celery" though, which was what her parents intended.

I like both but prefer seren (my DD2 is also called Seren though as I have a wlesh husband)

Seren is pronounced Se-ren with both es being pronounced as in "egg". Eleri doesn't exactly rhyme with celery but its a very close sound- just a bit welsher. I would say that an English person pronouncing it as celery would be doing a very good job at getting the correct sound.

I like both! I think seren is probably better known in England but if you want Eleri pronounced a certain way then people will soon learn!

LOVE Seren.

I really like both but like Seren that little bit more.

Seren!

You sound a bit disappointed that people seem to prefer Seren? If you love/prefer Eleri then you should go with that.

An English person pronoucing Eleri as celery would NOT be doing a good job! Stress in 'celery' falls on the first syllable, in Eleri it's on the second. That makes a big difference.

Thanks for your comments everyone.
Ebb, I don't mean to be disappointed at all as I do love both names. But OH really wants to use Jane as a middle name after his gran who recently passed away. (DD1 has my grans name as a middle name) but I don't like Seren Jane! I think they almost flow into one another to make one word.
But Seren Elizabeth sounds good.

Eleri Jane is so nice, though.
Seren seems to be the Welsh girl name of the moment. Eleri is different and with Jane, it looks rather elegant.

Could you use two middle names Seren Eleri Jane?

Eleri

That and Eira were on my list

I rather like Eleri,it's more unusual than Seren in Wales by a mile! Or it is where I live. Seren is becoming this decades Megan.

sorry I don't like Seren it is Welsh chav-tastic

Eleri is lovely but in England I am afraid it will rhyme with celery and be annoying.
How about Manon? Such a pretty name....?

Both are lovely but Seren is very popular (though not chavvy based on the many,many Serens I know).

I would reiterate that Eleri is nothing like celery!
El-air-ee. Beautiful and I wanted it for my DD but hubby couldn't say it. It has potential for being mangled. A colleague in work often misprounced the name and set my teeth on edge!

An Eleri living in England will get many celery gags. Even pronounced correctly it sounds like 'hilarious'.

'That Eleri is 'ilarious.'