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Re: Help settle a dispute
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Your father is translating the "beth" part of the name as "bayith" -- the Hebrew word for "house". But actually (and as you will find in this site's database), the name originates "from Elisabet, the Greek form of the Hebrew name Elisheba meaning 'God is my oath'."The "Eli" part refers to "God"; the "sheba" part is from the Hebrew word "sheva" or "shevuah", meaning "oath".I'll leave resident Greek and Welsh experts, Pavlos and Merriment respectively, to settle the dispute on "Carys". :)-- Nanaea
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Charis -- the Greek name for Grace -- is pronounced a bit like "Harris". I guess Carys could be some kre8ive version..
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Oh thank you! I will definately be passing this on to my dad!f
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