Carys

Where Carys comes from

From Welsh Carus, Carys, from caru (“love”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Carys
  • Welsh
Along the way
  1. 1991
    First appearance
    #10,271 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2006
    Peak, #1,227
    196 babies named Carys — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,278.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Welsh.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.