Caitriona Pronunciation?

Girl Names
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So I am really liking the gaelic (Scottish) name [name]Caitriona[/name]. But only when pronounced " ka TCHREE un na " as found here
http://www.namenerds.com/scottish/scotc.html

However, Nameberry states [name]Caitriona[/name] is pronounced just [name]Katrina[/name]. Which I really do not like. I shouldn’t say I don’t like it, but I’d simply spell it [name]Katrina[/name] if that’s how I wanted it said.

[name]How[/name] do people pronounce [name]Caitriona[/name] when you see it?? I have googled and seems so many mixed answers!

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I know a [name]Catriona[/name] and she pronounces it ‘ca-treena’. She’s English rather than Scottish or Irish though so that might be why.

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I keep finding different answers. I have found [name]Catriona[/name] to be scottish and [name]Caitriona[/name] to be Irish. I prefer the scottish but just would want to pronounce it " ka TCHREE un na " and not sure if that is right!?

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As far as I know, both are considered correct. ‘ca-treena’ probably happened because ‘ca-tree-uh-na’ is hard to get right without a Gaelic accent. Then you’ve got different sorts of Gaelic accents and in some apparently it sounds the first way and in others the second. ((Sources here are from Irish and Scottish people’s comments on various message boards.))

The pronunciation that’s definitely incorrect is ‘cat-ree-oh-na’.

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not sure, but my instinct is to say it as it’s spelled: [name]Kai[/name]-tree-own-uh

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Here are some native Irish people saying it: Caitríona pronunciation: How to pronounce Caitríona in Irish

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I always thought it was [name]Cat[/name]-ree-o-na.

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Does no one read previous posters posts? O_o

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I’m pretty sure anyway I’d try to pronounce it would be butchering it.

I read it as “[name]Kate[/name]-try-ona”

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I really dislike [name]Cat[/name]-ree-oh-na. Which is how I pronounced it in my own head at first glance too! But once I read [name]Cat[/name]-tree-uh-na I loved. Probably will nevr use it just based on all this confusion ahah but it’s a pretty name! Thanks for everyone’s feedback1 Going to listen to the native Irish people say it now1

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Thanks for noticing :wink: