Name after a Scottish Loch

[TheletterZ]

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?

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!

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

I like it.

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

Also love the name Arran for a girl x

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

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.

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

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.

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!)

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.

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.

How would people have difficulty. This is my .baby oh she's lovely what's her name ? "Katrin" you don't pronounce the e so why would it be difficult or a problem

I know how to pronounce it because I know the loch. Really nice name, yes you'll have to explain the pronunciation fairly regularly but I wouldn't discount it on that basis.

I really like Catrin, but she’d have to live with people mispronouncing it as Katreen - which is what it looks like and is less attractive.

So personally I’d go for Catrin/Katrin, if the re-spelling doesn’t bother you. Or otherwise she’s just going to have to deal with it. 😁 it’s a nice name.

Agreed, Lou rhymes with poo, Doug rhymes with thug, Anna rhymes with Banana…and what?

To be fair, the pronunciation of those names are generally known, so unless you're familiar with Loch Katrine and connect the 2 then it's more likely you'll pronounce it Ka-treen. Doubtful there'll be teasing of the latrine variety though.

I read it as "Kat-rin" like the village, Catrine. But I'd honestly question why you'd name your child after Catrine, as a Scottish person 😂 good old Coturn.

Also Catherine is a family name in my family and they are all called Cath-reen.

How is Loch pronounced then?

They do if you read them. I would say it rhyming with Latrine but I'd only do that once. I think the meaning behind the name is lovely.

My first thought was latrine. Sorry!

Glad it wasn’t Muick.

Katrine is lovely, and I also know a Ceitidh and an Affric.

@TheOriginalEmu sorry didn't tag, I'm really interested, I can hear the difference

I know someone who used Maree.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=-VgktRKKeIw

The ch in loch isn’t hard like lock. I don’t know what the word for it is but it’s almost from the throat.

How does Anna rhyme with banana?