Catriona?

[badg3r]

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 🤪

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Love it. Kitty is a nice shortened name

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

How do you pronounce it?

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

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

I like it.

Yes I like it, it's a pretty common name where I am.

Another pronunciation is Cat-RO-na, which I'm not so keen on.

Like it but never heard of it being shortened to Nina.

I’ve never seen it spelt like that so I’d say it cat-ree-ona. Only seen catrina or Katrina.

Nina doesn’t really sound like an obvious nn but if you like it it’ll stick I’m sure.

Never heard of Nina and the Neurons? She’s Catriona.

It's spelled Catriona or Caitriona in Ireland. It's pronounced similarly to Katrina but not quite, you sort of glide over the 'o' sound, it's there but very subtle. It's a nice name, quite old fashioned though.

I was at school in England with a Catriona so I know how to say it. Lots of teachers didn't and it used to annoy her when they constantly got it wrong.

Pronounced Cat-ree-Ona?

I can't see how Nina would be an obvious nickname?!

Sorry, but that forvo clip just sounds American to me. Where I live - West Highlands - Catriona quite a popular name, especially among older people, and they say Kat-REE-nah or Kat REE-uh-nuh . If the latter option, the 'uh' is hardly voiced at all; the two syllables are run together.

Insane bordering on racist. Mocking other languages is not a good look.

you sort of glide over the 'o' sound, it's there but very subtle.

@badg3r, yes I’m in England. But I’m sure I’ve seen and heard it many times. I certainly knew to pronounce it properly and I was surprised at how delighted she was at this.

@Grufallosfriends, no it’s pronounced ‘Katrina’.