Rhys

[starzysky.livejournal.com]

so---Rhys for a boy.

Is that pronounced Reese or Rice???

ETA1:
Also what do you guys think about Clara?  I like older classy names...but I can't decide if I like it.

I just have been messing around on that baby name voyager (linked in the community info) and it's ADDICTING!!!!

ETA2:
One more thing, then I will stop--
Grayson?  For a boy?  The -son names are getting more popular, but when I was in high school we played a song called "Grayson Dance" which was a) friggin awesome, and b) named after the composer's son.  I always thought Grayson (nn Gray) would be a cool name... mmm?

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[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Reese.

[starzysky.livejournal.com]

Oh good.

[suspicion-bells.livejournal.com]

I've always pronounced it as 'Reese'. I've never heard 'Rice' before!

[starzysky.livejournal.com]

WELLLLLlll
baby name voyager says it was popular in the 1880's. :P

I like it, if you can get over the food aspect of it -- it sounds like a name the hot guy in school would have. heh

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Reece in English & Northern Welsh. (In Welsh the y isn't always a clear 'i' sound; in Southern Welsh accents it's somewhere between ih and ooh.)

[regretfulsmile.livejournal.com]

Reese
Weird right?


Personally, I like Clara more as a middle name

[starzysky.livejournal.com]

Weird? Do you not like it?

[regretfulsmile.livejournal.com]

I love the name, that comment was about the spelling

[starzysky.livejournal.com]

Oh, gotcha.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

I like the sound of Rhys, but hate both spellings...

Clara I like a lot, but it seems like a particular kind of name, can't just be anyone with that name, yah know?

I don't like Grayson, it just sounds wrong to me, and I don't like saying it. It also sounds like a surname. I hate the name or nn Gray too...

[kohlminer.livejournal.com]

^^ my name means rebirth :)

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

That's awesome, what's your name?

[kohlminer.livejournal.com]

Renee.

[godmod.livejournal.com]

Rhys is the only acceptable spelling of this name!

Clara is very pretty.

Grayson is cute, but I know a little girl named Grayson with the nn Grace. So, all I can hear is "grace", which sounds very feminine to me.

Gray is an awesome name though. It seems to make a great middle name.

[starzysky.livejournal.com]

LOL yeah -

otherwise it sounds like a candy bar. or a celebrity.

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

Reese, I like the spelling Rhys.

Clara is cute, it's not my style but I think it's nice.

Grayson is cute too but I wouldn't use it. I don't like the nn Gray.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i've heard it pronounced both ways... it all depends on what it is paired with on how i pronounce it haha. i love the spelling of it, though! it's one of my favorite boy names :)

i do not like Clara much, but adore Claire.

i don't like Grayson.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

Reece, and i love it!
I've never liked Clara, i just think it sounds very harsh.

[jordle.livejournal.com]

It's Reese and I love Clara, although I'm not sure how I'd pronounce it because my great grandma's middle name was Clara but it was pronounced Claire-ah.

[starzysky.livejournal.com]

Hm, that's just how I was thinking of it, Claire-ah. It's pretty that way.

Cl-"are"-uh sounds ugly!

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I always thought it was pronounced 'Ris'. I like Reese better ;)
I don't like Clara (too old fashioned for my taste) but I do like Grayson =)

I was never sure about this name...

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I would pronounce it Rize, Rh-I-z. Given your options I would choose Reese.

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Reese.
One of my all time favourite names! I love it!

Clara - hate
Grayson - hmm. I don't know. I think I like it! I like Gray!

[lastcastle.livejournal.com]

Rhys is a Welsh last name. Sounds the same as Reese/Reece. I like Clara, but prefer Claire. And Grayson is terrible, as is the nn Gray. Like the color? I wouldn't want all the negative associations there are with the color gray associated with my child. It's not very nice.

[fabgrrl.livejournal.com]

I've always pronounced Rhys like "rise"