Entry № 1782 · Welsh origin

Carys Carys — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KA-ris /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Love"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Welsh)

A name that means "love".

Carys is the Welsh name from caru (to love) — meaning "love" or "loved one." A modern Welsh creation that became widely used.

Carys Zeta Douglas (born 2003) is the daughter of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas.

Love. The Welsh.

The name in its native script.

Carys
Transliteration
Carys
Pronunciation
/ ˈkær.ɪs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Carys stands.

Carys does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Caryss before her.

Real people
Carys Zeta Douglas
Daughter of Catherine Zeta-Jones.
born 2003
In fiction
Carys
Common in Welsh fiction.

Names connected to Carys.

The number behind Carys.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Carys reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.