I am curious about the name [name_u]Seren[/name_u]. I love the meaning, star. However I am not sure how to pronounce the name. Is it like the beginning of [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] then [name_u]Wren[/name_u] or more like the beginning of [name_f]Serenity[/name_f] or something else entirely?
On another note what do you think about the name [name_u]Seren[/name_u]?
I love it! I think it’s pretty, simple, and has a great meaning. Pronunciation is Seh-ren. I’ve seen people say it’s too much like sarin but if you pronounce the first syllable correctly it sounds very distinctly different.
In Welsh it’s pronounced SEH-ren with a rolled R. I think it’s lovely.
I like it, although I wouldn’t use it because I’d never say it correctly.
I say it SAIR-in. In my accent, I don’t register a difference between SAIR-in and SEH-ren, since SEH-ren would sound choppy and wrong if I said it. If someone said their name was “SEH-ren”, I would process it as “SAIR-en” because people don’t usually separate vowels and Rs that way where I’m from (ex. [name_f]Mary[/name_f], merry, and marry all sound the same). It’s hard to put into words, so I hope this makes sense…
I say SEH-ren, like the beginning of [name_f]Serenity[/name_f]. It’s nice enough, I like the meaning.
I would pronounce it SEH-ren. I think it is a beautiful name with a lovely meaning! It’s familiar yet not popular at all. As long as the details of pronunciation wouldn’t bother you too much, I don’t think people would struggle with it as I (think) it is pronounced phonetically.
The only girl I’ve ever known with this name was Middle Eastern, and she pronounced it Sair-en, but the emphasis was the on the last syllable. So sair-EN vs what I think is the more common Welsh pronunciation of SAIR-en.
I think it could be pronounced either SAIR-ren or seh-[name_u]REN[/name_u], but I prefer the seh-[name_u]REN[/name_u] pronunciation.
I live in [name_m]Wales[/name_m] and it’s actually quite popular here! Seh-ren is the correct pronouncation. Some people in Welsh accents roll their R’s but others (including me) don’t. 
I would say Sare-en. I like it but it also reminds me of Sarin? gas.
I pronounce it as Sehr-ren. I personally don’t like it because it looks incomplete to me and makes me want to just say [name_f]Serenity[/name_f] lol, which is a lot prettier imo.
Sounds like you might be from the area of the “Great Northern Vowel Shift”…? I know exactly what you’re saying; while my accent is different (I hear & say the differences between [name_f]Mary[/name_f], marry, merry, & murray), where I live the vast majority of people say “FAIM-ly” for family & “[name_u]KAI[/name_u]-at” (not quite two syllables, but close) for cat.
Maybe? I lived in Michigan and Ohio when I was younger but I don’t say “FAIM-ly” or “[name_u]KAI[/name_u]-at”. I have the most basic Midwestern accent. I would say [name_u]Murray[/name_u] differently from [name_f]Mary[/name_f], merry, and marry though.
ETA: Just asked my two roommates (both from the southern US, one has a southern accent) and they also found it strange to separate the vowel from the R in Seren. I actually said Seren as correctly as I could out loud and one answered back, “like SAIR-in?” FWIW. Still like the name!
I think it’s pronounced just like the gas - sarin. In which case, I would never use it as a name.
I know this is off-topic of the name [name_u]Seren[/name_u], but I couldn’t resist adding these two links (dialects were one of the most interesting topics I studied in my cultural geography classes):
And moving back to the pronunciation of [name_u]Seren[/name_u], I agree that the r tends to want to attach itself to the first syllable…I have to work a bit to ensure that I say Seh-ren, not Sehr-en. As it’s a Welsh name, I’d pronounce it the way people in [name_m]Wales[/name_m] do…which brings up an interesting (to me) point: Is there a difference in pronunciation of [name_u]Seren[/name_u] depending on which region of [name_m]Wales[/name_m] one is in?
I pronounce it Seh-ren. It’s a great name, but I prefer [name_f]Serena[/name_f].