How would you pronounce the name....

[MamaMimi]

...Catriona.

Dp and I have differing opinions on this and I just wonder what the consensus would be amongst everyone out there. Maybe it depends on where, in the UK, you come from(?)

cat - re - oh - na

am Northern

cat re nah

midlands

As per Rubyslippers but I have heard it pronounced Katrina as well.

DH's cousin is Catriona, pronounced Cat ree na.

Ca - tree - nah

Down South

Cat-ree- o- na. There is an o in it.

cat-ree-OH-na

Cat-ree-na is Katrina as in the hurricane, no?

caa tree oh na

Ca-tree-nah - which is correct way, natch, as celtic/scottish/irish kind of name

I would say Cat-ri-oh-na - Catreena would be spelt Catrina - no ?

this doesn't help much - it says both !

Cat-ree-o-nah

It never occurred to me to pronounce it like Katrina.

Midlands

It's not a "known" Celtic-weird-spelling-pronunciation-thingy like Siobhan though, is it? So unless you are in Ireland or wherever I think most people are going to assume that a name with an O in that place is going to sound like it has an O.

Ca - tree - na

I'd say Ca-tree-oh-na

Given that the link from throckenholt advises both pronunciations, I'd say you could use whichever you prefer

Cat- ree- uh -na

And I know cos it's MINE!

I just knew this thread was going to be about that name. BTW if you love your DD don't use it. I have spent a lifetime having it mispelt or mispronounced. Which is why I am always Kate now.

Emphasis on the 'tree' bit not the 'uh' bit.

Ca-tree-nah

Catriona, same as Katrina, Cat- tree-na.

Its Irish and so am I so thats def right

Cat ree na

East Midlands. Irish parents. Nuff said.

Cat tree oh nah

That's how I read it, but admittedly, I don't know anyone of that name.

Am NW

As far as I know it's Gaelic rather than Celtic - or an anglicisation of that. Was the name of a novel by RL Stevenson. If we could just ask him.....

Cat-tree-o-na

My name is Katrina and ive never seen it spelt like that so definatly cat-tree-o-na

Pronounced Cah-tree-nah up here in Aberdeen.

I'd say "Ka-tree-uh-na", with the emphasis on the "tree".

I'm Irish and this is my name in Irish (so it's what I was called throughout Irish lessons in school etc) but the pronunciation in Ireland depends on where you're from (so JoPie I'd say we're from different counties ) - bit like how Padraig (common Irish boy's name, means Patrick) can be pronounced totally differently in different parts of the country.

It's a lovely name so I'd say just go with whatever pronuciation feels right as it does depend on where you're from.