Girl · Welsh
Carys
Say it: KAR-is
Meaning
Modern Welsh, from câr 'love' with the ending -ys.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 2,172 babies given this name since 1991
- At its height in 2006, about 1 in 9,700 girls
- 34 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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