Jasmine or Seren?

[AshleaE]

My first daughter’s name is Saffron and daughter number 2 is on her way, so we would like a name that works well with it.

We’ve narrowed it down to two names; Jasmine or Seren, but interested to know what your preference would be?

Thanks in advance!

Saffron and Seren sound a bit too samey and sing-songy together, so I’d go with Jasmine.

Jasmine, though I like both

Both are nice but Saffron and Jasmine are too twee and Saffron and Seren are too samey.

Thanks for your thoughts 😊 . Any recommendations for names that might go?

I adore Seren, but agree that it could be a bit too samey with Saffron. How about something like Juniper? Jasmine is really over-done. (I also have teaching-related issues with that name.) Then there are the other flower/plant names like Daisy, Willow, Rosie, Marguerite, Lily, etc. I do prefer Juniper as the others (bar Marguerite) are pretty popular too.

Thank you for the suggestions. Juniper is nice. Out of curiosity, what teaching related issues do you have with the name Jasmine?

I love Jasmine and Seren! And Saffron. What lovely name taste you have.

Saffron and Jasmine sounds great to me.

Love Seren! And Saffron

Jasmine is lovely and works well with Saffron too 😊

aww thank you 😊

How would you pronounce Seren?

Seren as in Serendipity or Sir-Wren which I believe is the Welsh pronunciation (but may be wrong).

Saffron and SirWren pronunciation sound lovely together.

Ok, you are my twin! Jasmine and Seren are my two fave names for girls (alas I have a boy!).

And Saffron would be my alias if I were ever to become a world renowned author.

My husbands Welsh and he’s family pronounce it as ‘Seren’-dipity. Where my family are English and pronounce it like Serun, so like Seven but with an R. I guess that’s my only worry with the name Seren, all the potential different ways of saying it. 😆

thank you 😊

Thank you. Saffron does seem to go nicely with Jasmine. 😊

@AshleaE Just a couple of girls whose attitudes and behaviours put me off the name. It’s really, really difficult for teachers to find kid’s names that don’t remind them of someone else. I didn’t even teach for long, but there were a LOT of Jasmines and Lilies stomping about at the time.

Teehee. Thank you. I love that we have similar thoughts! What did you name your boy ?? 😊

I think Jasmine is beautiful and works well with Saffron.

Both lovely. I would choose Jasmine.

I actually knew two sisters growing up called Jasmine and Saffron! I think they sound nice together

I worked with a beautiful lady from St Thomas called Seron, I thought it was a lovely name.

@Fraaahnces i totally agree with you. Like you say I think most people have a few names which they associate with others that they would never use. Teachers probably more so than others. I think Jasmine is finally making its way out of the top 100, so less people are being called that now, but as you say past experiences can count for everything.

I have a jasmine. I often get nice comments about her name. I love the name and only really have nice connotations with it.

@scrivette , SERR-enn.

@AshleaE , Jasmine is lovely, not keen on Seren

How about Serena? It flows nicely as Saffron and Serena.