Emrys

Boy Names
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I have recently fallen in love with the name [name_m]Emrys[/name_m]. It is pretty different from names I normally like; [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], [name_m]Wesley[/name_m], [name_m]Isaac[/name_m], [name_u]Emmett[/name_u], [name_m]Edison[/name_m], [name_u]Cameron[/name_u], and [name_m]Caleb[/name_m].

My question is, what are people’s general thought’s on the name [name_m]Emrys[/name_m]? What other names would you suggest?

Thanks!

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I like [name_m]Emrys[/name_m]. Keeping with the “[name_f]Em[/name_f]” theme, I also like:
Emias
[name_m]Emil[/name_m]
[name_m]Emry[/name_m]
Emeric
[name_m]Emilien[/name_m]
[name_m]Eamon[/name_m]

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I like the sound and look of it. I also like that it’s unusual but the pronunciation is intuitive. It may be less common than your other favorites, but your list includes a lot of names starting with E and boys’ names with strong r and s sounds, so i think it’s not really much of an outlier. I don’t know if this matters to you, but it may seem to some like a girl’s name, what with the many Emmas, Emilys, and the girl names contains “ris.” But besides being a traditional male name, I think it’s a lovely name outside of its gender.

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I really like [name_m]Emrys[/name_m]! I first heard it on [name_m]Merlin[/name_m], so it has a magical, mystical, Arthurian image that I love. It’s gentle, and not overly harsh, and I’d imagine that’s what an [name_m]Emrys[/name_m] would be like; kind, calm, intelligent, and thoughtful. I also enjoy its meaning, which I find rare for boys names.

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I like it.

6

I love it. There’s also [name_u]Emlyn[/name_u] and [name_u]Rhys[/name_u].

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I grew up with an [name_m]Emrys[/name_m] (born mid-80’s). He had a strange last name so the combo was very different than most of our names. That being said, I love the name [name_m]Emrys[/name_m]. Amongst today’s kids, I don’t think [name_m]Emrys[/name_m] would be strange at all. Finally it can be appreciated!!

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Is it pronounced “ehm-riss”? If so my initial thought is that it needs a vowel between the M & R for better flow. I don’t love or hate the name, it’s just ok for me but I tend to favor more familiar names. It has a Game of Thrones/fantasy vibe which would appeal to a lot of people right now.

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[name_m]Emrys[/name_m] is a great name! It has history and magic!

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Thank you all for your replies. Yes it is pronounced Ehm-Riss. I had no idea it had a connection with [name_m]Merlin[/name_m] and I find that super cool. I think the pronunciation is intuitive but it could be mispronounced as Ehm-[name_u]Reese[/name_u] or Eem-riss. I think I’ll leave it as a guilty pleasure for now!

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I love [name_m]Emrys[/name_m]!

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I love it and have considered it as a middle, and maybe a first, but I have reservations on it for a few reasons.

  1. There’s not much nn potential and I know how much friends/family (at least around me) will always try to shorten a name even when it’s plenty short as is.

Between the syllables [name_f]Em[/name_f] and Riss there isn’t much else to use and although “strange” names are in and I’m for boys getting “girl” sounding names just as girls are given more masculine names, I still feel [name_f]Em[/name_f] might be too much of a girl nn for a boy when people hear it.

Maybe I’ll stop being worried about that but until then it’s holding me back.

  1. There was a wave of popularity in this name recently in the past couple years so what might sound like a “unique find” might end up being not as unheard of and unused in our kids generation as we might have hoped it would be.

  2. Along with seeing the rise of people online loving [name_m]Emrys[/name_m] I’ve seen the inevitable group of people that think it’d be a cute alternative to other [name_f]Em[/name_f] names for a girl despite it being a male welsh name with history.

I’m still holding my breath until I’m sure it won’t be stolen by the girls and become a “unisex” name that eventually ends up associated as a “girl” name (at least in [name_u]America[/name_u] where it’s prone to happen) But that might be my paranoia over being protective of the name.

  1. The pronouncuation issues. I’ve seen quite a few people assume it’s pronounced the same as [name_u]Rhys[/name_u]/[name_u]Reese[/name_u] and it’s really not. Though I don’t think that will me too big of a problem overall.

It’s still a GP name of mine overall but not one I’ll completely write off as unusable.

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  1. There’s not much nn potential and I know how much friends/family (at least around me) will always try to shorten a name even when it’s plenty short as is

I read in the comments on the name Emrys that someone uses the nickname Remy which I thought was super cool