Cerys, Harriet, Beatrice or Verity

[Strawberrythief87]

Hello, we're quite undecided with names of our little one who's due any day and would love your opinion.
I think we're edging towards Cerys but I'm not keen on it being shortened to Kerry and know I'll have no control over this! Where as the others on our short list I prefer the shortened versions of.
We're thinking of using our paternal grandmother's names as middle names so that's Ivy and Thelma if that helps at all. Thanks!

I know a Cerys, she’s never Kerry! She’s Cer (hard C) for short

I’m in South Wales where Kerry becomes Ker, Ian becomes E etc, one syllable shortenings are everywhere

Love Harriet, like Cerys, not keen on Beatrice and really dislike Verity.

I've got a Cerys, no one has ever shortened her name to Ceri/Kerry.

It's a popular name in Wales and means 'to love'.

I love Verity but my DP and DD didn't believe it was a real name?!?!

Cerys (I’ve never heard it shortened either).

Harriet or Beatrice.

Never heard of a Cerys being called Kerry (or Ceri). Personally I prefer Harriet and Beatrice, though.

Lovely list! My favourite is Harriet, but I do love them all.

Kerry is not an intuitive nn for Cerys, like say Ben for Benjamin, so I wouldn't worry about Cerys being shortened.

Good luck deciding!

Verity is lovely with a short middle name like Jane.

They are all lovely. Beatrice is my least favourite - just sounds a bit wet to me. Verity is my most favourite. But you can't go wrong really.

I've always loved Cerys, never met one in real life.
In my area, Harriet/Hattie is really popular, Beatrice not so much.
I have only met one Verity, however it is the name of a UK charity for women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, not sure if that matters to you.
They are all fabulous names :)

Cerys is an old fashioned and unpopular Welsh name. Please don't saddle her with this name.

I love all four names, but if Cerys is your favourite then go with that! Ceri and Cerys have the same amount of syllables so people nn'ing her Ceri wouldn't make any sense. If anyone tries to nn her when she's young you can always correct them - don't let it put you off!

Don’t know any Cerys that gets shortened to Kerry. Apart from that I love V names! Verity is lovely

I'm a Verity and it's great. No-one called me Variety but spell check can be a problem!

Not sure why you say it’s ‘unpopular’, Llangennith ; there are lots of little girls around here called Cerys and it’s a very popular name here, I’d say.

Can't go wrong with that list! I'd say go with Cerys if it's your favourite.

Beatrice or verity.

Definitely don’t use Cerys if you don’t like Kerry as a nickname. Beatrice and Harriet are lovely, as are your middle names.

Beatrice is lovely.
Verity is lovely too but ver isnt as nice a nn as bea

I like Kerry. It has a slightly unisex vibe which i like more than cerys.

Harriet is awful.

Love Verity
Like Cerys

Carys

I know a couple of Cerys’ and a Carys. Never shortened to Ceri and not old fashioned where I am - they are all 10 and under.

I have a very new Carys so a bit biased.