Carys or Iris

[duckoutofwater]

Trying to decide between Carys Hope and Iris Hope for DD1. DS1 is Nathan Luke. Any thoughts?

If it's the sound you're after, how about Charis? Derived from the ancient Greek, meaning charity, love for others.

pronounced Kariss not Ch like charity.

I love both. Carys pips it for me. Beautiful name.

I think Iris is stunning 😍

I know a few young girls named Carys; it’s in fairly regular use in my area of Wales, so I don’t consider it ‘old fashioned’. I don’t see why you can’t use it outside of Wales!

Hands down Iris for me. Beautiful name.

I like both. But both are perhaps a little behind the times, Carys more so. I would expect an Iris to be about a teenager now. Lovely name, though.

Definitely Carys. Iris is overused and a part of the eye which is very off putting.

Carta

Sorry, autocorrect fail! I meant Carys.

I love both. But would sway towards Iris. 😍

Thanks everyone, this is really helpful. Seems like quite an even split so far. Does anyone have experience of how either name is perceived in Scotland? For those who say Iris is overused, is this in parts of England? Has anyone outside of Wales had any pronunciation issues with Carys?

Iris is beautiful and my favourite
Never met one, I'm in England

@duckoutofwater

Iris' growth in terms of numbers seems to have massively slowed over the past couple of years. No wonder I've not met one.

names.darkgreener.com/#iris

If you look on bounty.com you normally search names by county to see how many there are nearby.

There was a Cary's at my primary school (not in Wales). She got called Carrots a lot. Hopefully kids are nicer now 😁
I prefer Iris.

They're both lovely names and neither is very popular where I am ( I know one of each, both teenagers). I would choose Carys as I would have liked to have acknowledged my dad's Welsh heritage. I also think Hope is lovely.

Both are great names but I prefer Carys.

Iris is gorgeous x

They are both lovely but I think I like Carys best.

Carys

Iris

Both are beautiful names.

I love both, though prefer the spelling Charis.

They're both nice but I prefer Carys.