Seren - outside of Wales?

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What are people’s thoughts on Seren?
My DH is Welsh, but we live in England.

Yes, it's beautiful.

No. It’s cringey and will date really badly- it’s like Dawn.

And it won’t be pronounced correctly.

I don’t personally like it but it always seems so popular on MN!
Go for the name you love

Seh-ren. Is that how it's pronounced?
Very pretty

It will be mispronounced as Serrun. Generally any Welsh name ending in 'en' or 'an' will be mispronounced as 'un'.

So bear that in mind - my Mam failed to predict the mispronunciation of my Welsh name in England and it annoys her no end. So think about whether it will bother you or not.

Nice name for a pony. Would you name a child Star?

I know a Seren in England. I think it's nice.

I think it's lovely.

There are lots of places where "star" is a common girl's name in the language, I think - Stella in Italy, Tara in India, and so on. I think they're all beautiful.

I’m not at all familiar with Welsh names, but I wouldn’t have read it as being pronounced with ‘un’ at the end, I think it’s clear it’s supposed to be ‘en’. It’s lovely, I really like it.

I'm Irish and it comes out like seh-rin in my accent...

It used to get a lot of love on MN, but I always hear it as Sarah with an n except when it's said in a Welsh accent.

I don't think it would sound nice in certain English accents. I think it's lovely in a Welsh accent though.

Gorgeous name. I'm in Ireland and I've only ever known one Seren, its lovely.

@OrangeAndYellowAndBlue

I think it's lovely.

There are lots of places where "star" is a common girl's name in the language, I think - Stella in Italy, Tara in India, and so on. I think they're all beautiful.

But in Italy, it would be very unusual to be named Stella. It is not really a name there. It’s the same as being named Star in the UK - just a bit odd.

I think it’s nice; never heard it before but I like it.
But it does bring Serena to mind- which obviously is a girls name.

@Elisemum

I think it’s nice; never heard it before but I like it. But it does bring Serena to mind- which obviously is a girls name.

Until I read this, I assumed seren was a girls name?

I don't know the Welsh pronunciation, I would say it as Sair - en (that is the nearest i can write it!

As a girl's name very pretty, as a boys name, no I probably wouldn't use it. (but I am not Welsh)

A friend of mine has a Dd called Seren - I think it’s beautiful. And not very common in my area either - she’s definitely the only one at our DC’s school

I know a Seren. Beautiful name and fine for a teenager in SE UK. I don't understand why it would date.

We are in SE England and know one Seren (pronounced Seh-ren). He's a boy. I eventually had to text his parents and ask his name as after 3 subtle attempts of trying to work out what they were saying I was still none the wiser. I'm used to it now but it definitely feels 'out there' (I wouldn't call a child Star either personally).

It's not that uncommon in England. It won't be pronounced the Welsh way though, it'll be said as if it rhymes with seven.

I know two girls named Seren in England, and I always hear them and others around them pronounce it with the "en" sound rather than an "un" sound at the end.

Really, @daisypond? I know two Italians called Stella, and it's well within their top 100? Maybe it's a recent thing, but definitely popular at the moment.

It’s quite common these days - gets mentioned on here a lot - though I don’t actually know any. Good name for a pet. It’ll be pronounced wrongly at the end to rhyme with Karen or Darren. Would you call your child Star? If not, why not? The same applies to Seren.

Seren is beautiful for a girl x

@OrangeAndYellowAndBlue

Really, *@daisypond*? I know two Italians called Stella, and it's well within their top 100? Maybe it's a recent thing, but definitely popular at the moment.

Oh, I’ll stand corrected, then. I lived in Italy for many years, but my knowledge of Italian baby name trends might be well out of date!

I don’t really like the name, though it is popular in Wales. In England alone it’s ranked #255. So not common, but not unusual either. For context across England and Wales the name ranked at #255 was Elise.