Which spelling: Catarina, Caterina, Catrina or Catriona

[CanNeverDecide]

Ok, the latest contender for the name is a form of the above, but confused about which spelling to go for.

What would the general concensus be?

No K options? I like a K.

Just to throw another into the mix, my friend's DD is called Cathrina...

Catrina (or Katrina), because it looks as it sounds.

We'd have too many Ks due to surname and middle name, so want to start with a C!

Catriona, but I am biased!

Katrina or Catriona both sound the same.

Katerina, also very pretty, is a different name.

Catriona is what I think of as the traditional Scottish name with Kitty for short.

Catriona is the correct gaelic spelling of catherine that is my preference c/katrina would be second , the rest i'm sorry but look like a lifetime of spelling name out

Catriona, since you can explain the spelling by saying "cat-ree-oh-nuh". (And since the first person I met with this name spelled it Catriona!)

Catriona, that's how it's spelt in here in Ireland.

My sister is Catriona, we are in Scotland, she has never had it shortened..

Caitriona is also correct in Ireland.

It's not so much Cat-ree-OH-nuh as Ca-TREE-uh-na for most people with that spelling that I know (4 of then, bizarrely!). Slightly different emphasis in the first two syllables and a very short, very soft third one. And not the same as Ca-treen-a either.

I've strayed slightly, but I'd go with Catriona!

Depends partly where you are. For example, if you're in England you'd get a lot of people who think it's Cat-ree-OH-nuh. There would be a lot of correcting to do.

Caterina is Italian and I think the best option, it's classical - I don't think it would make sense to spell it with a K as there is no K in Italian. I don't like Katrina/Catrina - to me they just sound like mispronunications/misspellings of the original.

Katerina is a is a classic Greek name

So you've got Caterina which is Italian (and maybe this version is from other countries too?) And then there's Catriona or Catrina which is Gaelic? All nice.

Catarina though I have never heard of before, are you sure it's a recognised name? It can't be the Spanish version, that's Catalina.

BTW I was at school (in England) with a Catriona who everyone used to call Cat-ree-OH-nuh. She never objected, so I suppose that's what her family called her too!

Nadia - that's how the two people I know pronounce Catriona too.

There's a Catriona in my family who is pron. as Sparkle suggests. Like it but you will get loads of people saying it with a strong 'oh' sound.

Catarina is a recognised name - had a kid un my class called Catarina, I think she was from Portugal.It sounds different to the other options - quite stacatto cat-a-ree-nah. Equal emphasis on all syllables.

I knew a Kurtrina
SO that's another option?

Catriona.

catrin

Catriona