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!

um edam -how do you pronounce the name 'Rhys' then please?

When 'y' is in the last syllable of a word it is pronounced as an 'i' - as in English 'ink'. The 'y' in single syllable words is v. unpredictable! So in short, 'y' can be 'uh', 'i' or 'ee', (but not 'ee' in Nerys-thats 2 syllables). Hope thats clear!

Oh, very good point, eachpeach! Am clearly lacking in imagination today... Wonder if the difference is that Rhys is one syllable and Nerys is two? Or if the 'h' makes a difference (like the y in Dylan being pron. sort of Duh?).

WHat I don't understand though is how the name 'AP Rhys'(ap reece) became 'Price' (pryce)- how does that work anyone?

Nerys as in Nerys Hughes (The Liver Birds?). Actually, I love it the other way round - Denise Nerys. There is no reason why you can't use Nerys, all the time either. Half of my family go by their second name.

completely irrelevant but We Love Nerys Hughes was a song by half man half biscuit...

Well there's Preece as well, which may be the missing link, in the Ap Rhys to Price thing? There's also Rhys-Reece-Rice as surnames Pronounciation got changed gradually and the variants developed?

No No. horrid.

And Tink- some people pronounce 'Denise' as Duh-neez, which is different.