CAIRIST”ONA -- pronunciation?

General Name Discussion
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[name]Just[/name] found this Scottish variation of [name]Christine[/name] on behindthename.com – anyone know how it’s pronounced?

2

Its pronounced ‘kare ih STYO nah’

3

Thanks!

What I’m finding online so far is either:

care-is-TYOH-nah
care-is-CHEE-nah
or
care-is-TEE-nah…

[name]Do[/name] we have any Scottish speakers on the boards?

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P.S. Apparently there is a Scottish folk song titled Cairistiona, and from listening to it, it sounds like chris-TEE-uh-nah or cares-TEE-uh-nah.

5

its CARE-IS-TEE-NAH. sume put a UH between TEE and NAH, but its a choice.

6

My name is pronounced: ‘cai - rish - che - na’. Definitely not ‘kare ih STYO nah’. I wouldnt like people to call me that.

7

or ‘cai -rish - chee - u’na’