Message: "Caitria?" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Caitria?

by Sugar (swisssugar)

6/3/2008, 8:10 AM

WDYT? I've liked it for a while, but it really grew on me the past few weeks and is now one of my favorites. I'd use Cait or Caitie as a nn.

How would you pronounce it? It looks like KAYT-ree-ah to me, but how would you say it? And also, does anyone now the "real" Irish pronunciation?

And finally, does Caitria sound too trendy? I mean, it's got the Cait- like Caitlin and variants, so does it seem to trendy Irish? It's clearly not popular, but it still sounds a bit made up and "unique", which I would rather not have.

#Caitria

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- Marla (guest)

6/3/2008, 2:38 PM

Very pretty. Not trendy, imo.

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- Amy J (AmyJ)

6/3/2008, 11:03 AM

I want to like this name, but I just can't seem to get past the fact that it looks like "Kay-tree-ah" but I'm pretty sure it should be prounounced "Kah-TREE-ah", like Katrina without the n. It just looks wrong somehow.
Sorry. =o)

- Mareasi (Free_Spirited_Girly)

6/3/2008, 9:11 AM

Love it!

I pronounced it Kay-tria

Nickname Caitie

- Elena

6/3/2008, 9:05 AM

I like Caitria much better than Caitlin. The only reservation I have is that there is some debate over it being a legit Irish name (on the other board). I pronounce it the way you do but have no clue as to the original pronunciation.

- IrishGirl

6/3/2008, 8:44 AM

Going by the rules of the Irish language it would be pronounced Cawtria. But people would also say CAT-ria. I like it :-)

- Chrisell

6/3/2008, 8:38 AM

Love it :-)

This is a recent addition to my PNL. It's cute but 'whole', can be shortened to Cait but isn't Caitlin, etc.

Two thumbs up from me.

- Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey)

6/3/2008, 8:20 AM

At the moment, aside from Katharine, my favourite form of the name is Katra. Caitria sounds trendy to me, but it's sort of a pleasant trendy? It's a perfectly nice name in appearance and sound; it's just going to blend in very much with all the other Katies and Caties and so on out there.

Array

- Hannah Ruth

6/3/2008, 8:14 AM

It looks..wrong.
I prefer Catrina, Caitriona / Catriona.

Caitria is probably just KAH-tree-ah. Caitriona is pronounced the same as Catriona.

- Kitty (xKittyx) +1

6/3/2008, 8:13 AM

I think its nice but it reminds me of the word catering.
Caitie is a cute nn & i don't think it sounds trendy.

-Kitty

- Kitty (xKittyx)

6/3/2008, 8:17 AM

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If you click on it it says its the Irish form of Catherine.

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