Forum Baby Names

Rhys or Niall

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AnonymousGuest ·
In less than 4 weeks, our third child is coming. This time it's a boy...
Exciting!! But also the name.
It's going to be an English name because of family in England.
After a long list, there are now only 2 left...

Which one do you think is the nicest?

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  1. Hummel Guest #2

    Rhys. Nice Welsh name

  2. Emily Guest #3

    I'm also going with Rhys. How do you pronounce it?

  3. ii Guest #4

    I'd also go with Rhys. The pronunciation in Wales/England is Rhies, not Rais, I think.

  4. Alicia #5

    It's indeed the intention to say 'Ries'...
    Love your reactions!! Super

  5. sunny Guest #6

    If you actually lived there, Rhys would sound nice, yeah... But in the Netherlands, 'Ries' sounds different anyway.. Ries sounds like Dries here, or Ries as a short form of Richard.. It doesn't sound really English in the Netherlands anymore.. Then I think Niall sounds nicer. That still sounds English in the Netherlands..

  6. Emily Guest #7

    I actually think Ries is really beautiful! It sounds nice and Dutch, but it's also written beautifully as Rhys! Good luck with choosing.

  7. ii Guest #8

    Sunny, the pronunciation is with a soft H, so not a hard Ries but Rhies. Almost Dutch with a touch of Welsh.

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