Opinions on Katherine?

[TriangleShape]

We have a Theodore, who goes by Teddy.

We like Katherine, with the NN Katie.

Does it 'go'?

General opinions on Katherine?

[Pipilangstrumpf]

Really? Most names need constant spelling out ?

[BertrandRussell]

I don't think there is anyone in my extended family who had to spell out their name regularly.My full name is one usually spelled with a K but mine has a C but I never use it. There is a Brian who occasionally gets a "y". And a Katharine/Catherine that I usually mix up. But apart from that.....Even the Irish names are ones that are common enough out of Ireland not to be a problem.

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

My s-in-l has been known to spell my name wrong. This is quite a feat as she must have seen it written down millions of times because I share it with one of the most divisive figures in recent UK history.

I rarely have to spell my name out, but it does happen sometimes. My husband occasionally does because a variant spelling of his name common in the US is possibly more familiar to some people here these days. His name has never been massively popular, but it's a perfectly ordinary name.

My son and daughter have such well-known names that spelling has never been an issue. My daughter's name can be spelled two ways, but one is about a million times more common and that's the one we went for. My son's, as far as I know, has one spelling only in English. It makes life simpler. They don't seem to mind having 'boring' names.

[ClaraLane]

I'm a Katherine and I love it. I've never had any nicknames, always just been known by my full name. I'm used to spelling both my first and surname so I don't see the spelling variations as a problem at all.

[Pipilangstrumpf]

My kids' names are not popular at all (outside top 100) or boring imo , but don't have to be spelled out as they are well known names, spelt as pronounced.

So a name doesn't have to be boring or common for it to have an 'easy' one way of spelling.