Does this sound as stupid to other people as it does to me?

[TinkerBellesMum]

We've chosen the middle name of Denise - his granddad's name was Denis and it's a name that recurs through the family.

He wants to give the first name of Nerys (said like Denise, but with an N).

Nerys Denise? He can't see the problem, said it rolls off the tongue! Someone help me make him see sense!

Tell your DH you like Laura Dora or Amy Jamie instead Tink and see how he reacts It's the same principle if you're going to pronouce it that way

My Dad's side of the family are all Welsh and would say 'Neriss' - perhaps it's a North Wales/S Wales thing?

Anyway, Nerys Denise is NOT a good mix. Just say 'no'!

I.E. Spell it Nerise if you want it pronounced like Denise. Otherwise it's wrong.

Well, I would say your baby your call. I have very good Welsh friend called Nerys and she is Ner- is. Look it up on Welsh baby names website for pronunciation if in doubt. Say no. u-huh.

Sounds ok as you would want to say it but to rhyme it would be ridiculous!

Like

Barry Gary Hughes

Paul Saul

Nerise Denise

Joella Floella (made up name but you get what I mean!!)

No no no!!!

Is Nehreece abit of a made up name then? Because i love it (thinking of stealing for my pfb if i ever get one )

Agree re: Dennis Pennis. Don't do it!

Nehreece is def madeup!

edam, my Granddad used to live in South Wales, so I can believe it's a N/S thing as it's practically two countries lol. There were Nerys's in my grandparents village with that pronunciation.

(NER-ees) from Welshpedia.

Can't find any others at the moment.

someone is planning to call their DS Bear?? quattrocentro I saw that thread-title, did a doublt take, then assumed Bear was a surname....(I'm off to scheck it out, really not sure I believe you...)

It's for real. Read it and weep (with laughter).

just did. names like Bear are strictly for people who appear in Hello! imvho of course.

i dont pronounce them te same and tbh how often do you use your mifdle name and usually just wrotten anyway

no problem to me

sorry for hi-jack. back to nerris/nereece/deneece etc.

Try saying that combo with a lisp!
Sounds like you aren't keen on them both together. If you like Denise why not use that for the first name and come up with another middle name?

no, no, no, you can't call your dd that! Each name fine on it's own but not together. As to "rolling off the tongue" yeah sure it does but you're having a child, not a nursery rhyme!

It's the name we wanted as a middle name, Tink's middle name is a derivation of Mum's name, Denise is a family name for TBD so it is becoming sort of a tradition.

lol at nursery rhyme, that's exactly what I was feeling, but couldn't place how it made me feel IYSWIM.

We have a rhyming first name/middle name combo for dd1 There was only one name that we both agreed on as a first name and dh wanted his grannys name as a middle name, I ran out of energy on the whole name thing and decided to decide when she arrived, thinking we'd see if she looked like Isla or Eliza. Whilst I was in a pethidine haze dh said so we are going with Isla Eliza then? When I sobered up he'd sent the text telling everyone already! Took me months to get used to her name, called her baby girl for months and months. Anyway now I figure that I just won't use her middle name much.. The moral of the story is sort this out before she is born

Fortunately we're not married so it's my choice anyway and he knows I'd ban him from coming with me if he tries anything

Last time we didn't have name sorted and he came to me the next day and asked what I wanted to call her and said it was ok if I wanted to call her the name I wanted (and his kids and my brothers kids lol) she was nearly a day old before we put the first name in (middle names had been sorted during first pregnancy). It was the same first time as well, but that was slightly different.

Put another name in between them?

It's pronounced as Neriss, and thats that! I have NEVER heard it said in any other way in Wales,and I am
A) A Welsh speaker.
B) Lived in both North and South
C) Am over 40, - so I have a lot of years behind me!
The 'Y' at the end is pronounced as 'i', as in 'ink'. Think of Cerys, - does anyone say Cerees, [unless they're thick!}
Ner-ees from Welsh Welshpedia, . Is that as 'accurate' as the main Wikipeia? People add their own (wrong!) listings to that!

Whoops, that should be Wikipedia, of course.

Good points, Dragon - I can't think of any Welsh word where 'y' is pron. ee. I'm not a Welsh speaker, though, just got a Welsh speaking father and relatives.

OP, seems you are the only person who has ever come across the Nerees pronunciation...

Nerys is quite nice.

The way your DH wants to pronounce it would be more like Nuh-reeese (as in Dun-eeeese)

No. sorry. No.