Carys

Meaning

from caru, 'to love'; a modern Welsh revival favorite that travels clean into Spanish, every syllable legal in both

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Carys has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Names that fit alongside Carys

Nerys Eirlys Milan Mila Cleo Capri

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Carys truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Carys fits with your family’s names and surname.

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