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Catriona?

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badg3r · 06/09/2020 17:53

Thoughts on this? If shortened would probably go with Nina...

I know I know it's not the done thing to discuss shortenings on MN but it happens anyway in my family and they tend to stick, so I may as well pre-empt it 🤪

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Spidey66 · 06/09/2020 18:44

I like it.

SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 06/09/2020 18:42

Ah, yes, the one I taught was pleasantly surprised that I knew how to say her name. She'd spent a lot of years telling her teachers it wasn't Cat-re-oh-na

InsaneInTheViralMembrane · 06/09/2020 18:40

Go for it. My son’s name is Dimitri, nickname Dave. 😒

WildfirePonie · 06/09/2020 18:37

I don't know, sounds a bit like.. Corona

How do you pronounce it?

tornadoalley · 06/09/2020 18:33

Love it. Kitty is a nice shortened name

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badg3r · 06/09/2020 18:23

Are you in England @NellyJames? I was the only person at work who said her name properly... 🤦🏻‍♀️

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NellyJames · 06/09/2020 18:18

It’s nice. I work with a Catriona and she’s told me she’s spent her whole life telling people her name isn’t Cat-ree-ona. That surprised me as it doesn’t seem that unusual to me and I’ve never heard of anyone actually called Cat-ree-ona.

ApolloandDaphne · 06/09/2020 18:12

We like Catriona but didn't go with to because of the Ca-tree-oh-na pronunciation. In fact the Scottish pronunciation of Catriona is actually not pronounced like Katrina either. It is more nuanced, like this.

FelicityPike · 06/09/2020 18:09

Pronounced Katrina or Cat-ree-Ona?
Either way a good strong Scottish name.

seriousandloyal · 06/09/2020 18:09

I really like it, I think of it as a Scottish name.

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badg3r · 06/09/2020 18:07

Thanks! Yes I do like cat, but I don't think we will get it because we are not in the UK. I worked with one on in England who always used to get called ca-tree-oh-na which I think would irritate me a bit though.

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SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 06/09/2020 18:04

I like it, I went to school with a lovely one and then taught another lovely one in my first year of teaching so it has entirely positive connotations! Agree that she's almost inevitably going to become "Cat" as a teen though.

ApolloandDaphne · 06/09/2020 18:02

I have a Katrina. When she was younger her little sister called her Nina as she couldn't say Katrina but it didn't stick. As an adult she his now known as Kat although I call her Trina sometimes. If you don't like Cat then beware as that is likely what she will become as a teenager!

KindergardenCentre · 06/09/2020 17:59

Love it but I've never heard Nina as a nickname, Trina is what I would be used to.

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