Girl · Welsh
Cerys
Say it: KEH-ris
Meaning
Modern Welsh name, generally derived from caru 'to love' or câr 'love'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 195 babies given this name since 1998
- At its height in 2014, about 1 in 81,100 girls
- 8 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ceris
Famous bearers
- Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer
Names worth a look
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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