Kateri

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Came across this and probably won't use it (as dislike potential nn) but feel so jaded by my search for names I like I wanted to share it as it's not one I've ever seen before.
She was a Native American in 1600s made a Catholic saint and known as Lily of the Mohawks. It's a native version of her baptised name Katherine. Pronunciation more or less agreed as Kateeri.

In my head it sounds like Cattery.

It’s a lovely idea but it doesn’t flow or sound feminine. It also depends on regional accents as well as it could actually sound harsh.

I’m a big fan of Lily though,

Pronounced properly it’s nice but nobody would ever pronounce it properly! And with lazy speech, people would end up just saying ‘cattery’

Yes, I was coming on to say cattery. Sorry. Pretty looking name!

I’m sure it would be lovely in the right cultural context. I was waiting for the “-na” at the end!

Go for Lily of the Mohawks, she'll definitely be the only one in her class.

I quite like the idea of a 'of the' name. It could be the new hyphen.

That's where my cats go on holidays!

Katerina sounds more complete rather than Kateri which looks like you've missed letters off the end.

Sorry, but no. I immediately pronounced that as 'cattery'.

Yes, cattery.

Why would it need to sound feminine?