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Name after a Scottish Loch

86 replies

TheletterZ · 12/02/2023 16:19

What is everyone’s opinions on Katrine as a name.

It is a very beautiful loch in Scotland (DH is Scottish, I’m English). Sir Walter Scott used it to write his lady of the lake poem. But it is also a ‘proper’ name in its own right, which I know is important for mners.

It is pronounced Catrin (which is the Welsh version of the name). Would you pronounce Katrine this way.

Do you like it, love it or loath it?

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HiccupHorrendousHaddock · 14/02/2023 13:53

I’d pronounce it Katreen. I think your daughter will have a lifetime of correcting people.

Katrin or Catrin are nice, and you’ll know it was inspired by the loch however you spell it.

SingingSands · 14/02/2023 13:51

Katrine is lovely, a really beautiful name.

So what if it rhymes with latrine? How often do you hear that word used?! I don't think kids born in 2023 are going to even grow up to hear that word 😆

Lots of names rhyme with other words... Mumsnet gets sniffy about things like that but it's honestly fine in the real world.

FurAndFeathers · 14/02/2023 13:46

Slouch · 12/02/2023 17:18

Katrine is way too close to latrine.

I find this repeated point a bit silly and doubt it would happen irl.

Katrine (with the correct pronunciation ) is not the same as Latrine

even if it were, so what?
if someone introduces them self as ‘ Katrin’ almost no one is going to say ‘ooh like Latrine’ in the same way that plenty of women are call Katrina/Catriona and no one thinks “ooh like latrine with an a”

latrine isn’t even a word in common use.

it all seems a bit primary school to me (except most primary schoolers are less likely to make that tenuous connection!)

Mrsjayy · 14/02/2023 13:44

BellatrixLestrangesHeatedCurlers · 14/02/2023 12:36

I do like it but be prepared for it to be misspelled her whole life/you to be correcting people all the time, unless you plump for Catrin. I have a normally-C-but-spelled-with-a-K name and people blithely write back the incorrect version even though my name is right there in my email signature for work, teachers misspelled it through school, etc.

My name has been spelt wrong my whole life its not an unusual name some people just don't know how to spell it. I don't think it's a massive deal if someone asks how do you spell that.

Aaron95 · 14/02/2023 13:15

Slouch · 12/02/2023 17:18

Katrine is way too close to latrine.

Katrine and latrine do not rhyme. The first is pronounced "kat-rin" the other the same as it would be in England.

BellatrixLestrangesHeatedCurlers · 14/02/2023 12:36

I do like it but be prepared for it to be misspelled her whole life/you to be correcting people all the time, unless you plump for Catrin. I have a normally-C-but-spelled-with-a-K name and people blithely write back the incorrect version even though my name is right there in my email signature for work, teachers misspelled it through school, etc.

BellatrixLestrangesHeatedCurlers · 14/02/2023 12:33

I would have thought it rhymed with latrine (SW England). I would knock the e off the end.

madeyemoody · 14/02/2023 12:12

I love the name Dallace but obviously people won't know it's Scottish.

Also love the name Arran for a girl x

Viviennemary · 14/02/2023 12:11

I like it.

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 14/02/2023 12:10

My dad wanted me to be called Katrine, but mum vetoed it for the "latrine" reason.

BubziOwl · 14/02/2023 12:09

I'm English and would have pronounced it Kat-REEN until corrected. I would have assumed it was a variation of Katrina, I'm not familiar with the loch. If you're in Scotland you might have better luck I imagine?

I think leave of the last e if you're bothered by correcting it, but I'm sure people will have no problem pronouncing it correctly once they've been told.

The reason I think most people automatically pronounce Katherine with an "inn" and not "een" is because if the extra e before the r in Katherine changes the syllables ever so slightly.

It's a lovely name in any case!

Hankthehonk · 14/02/2023 12:01

@SirChenjins You're right, as soon as I posted it I thought "that's a daft assumption" but there's no edit button! I think many people in Scotland would say it the way she wants though

liveforsummer · 14/02/2023 11:41

I'm Scottish and didn't know it was pronounced Katrin. I read it as Katreen

SirChenjins · 14/02/2023 11:38

Everyone here would automatically pronounce it the way you want, like the loch, do you live in Scotland or down south?

You have literally no way of knowing whether 'everyone' here would pronounce Katrine like the loch! I'm one who wouldn't, for a start.

Branleuse · 14/02/2023 11:35

Its lovely. Loch Katrine is such a stunning loch

sevenbyseven · 14/02/2023 11:29

I've visited Loch Katrine and pronounced it wrong at first. Depends whether you (and in future your DD) mind correcting people or not!

mrstea301 · 14/02/2023 11:22

Christmascracker0 · 12/02/2023 17:39

I really like Katrine, with or without the E!

Here’s a curveball - in Gaelic it’s Loch Ceiteirein so you could go with Ceit? Pronounced the same as Kate. Gaelic names can be tricky if you live in England but it’s a really pretty name

I work with a Ceitidh (pronounced Katy), lovely name but have definitely seen a few stumbles when some new is trying to introduce her!

ididntwanttodoit · 14/02/2023 11:22

Just use Katrine (lovely name) and pronounce as in the loch. Yes, she will get mispronounced over the years, but so do half the population! Once she tells people, it's done.

Mrsjayy · 14/02/2023 11:16

It's nice it's pronounced Katrin so leave the e in it because it doesn't sound like latrine at all.

Hankthehonk · 14/02/2023 11:13

@TheletterZ I'm Scottish (living in Scotland) and it's a beautiful name (and a beautiful loch!). Everyone here would automatically pronounce it the way you want, like the loch, do you live in Scotland or down south?
We named our daughter Rosa after Glen Rosa on Arran which is our favourite place, still very early in second pregnancy and I'd love to think of another subtle Scottish place name for this one. Your thread made me suggest Katrine actually but my husband vetoed it, simply because he knows a Katrine.

lifeinthehills · 13/02/2023 09:20

My first instinct is katrine rhyming with latrine. However, one correction and I'll get it right. Katrine pronounced kat-rin is lovely.

purpledalmation · 13/02/2023 09:09

Katrine is lovely.

piedbeauty · 13/02/2023 08:56

Katrine is lovely. Go for it!

SirChenjins · 13/02/2023 08:55

Ka-treen

SirChenjins · 13/02/2023 08:55

I'm Scottish and would also think Kat-reen if I saw the name - it's not often children get named after lochs, so it wouldn't be my first thought.