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I quite like Kirsten and I really like Kirsty as a nickname - I think it has a cute enough sound for a kid but ages well too.

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Some others have said it would be pronounced "keer-sten". I've never heard of this personally, but I would imagine "keer-sten" would be spelled Kiersten (like Kieran).

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Kirsten is a million times better than Kristen in my opinion, it sounds more classy and less young.

This message was edited 8/21/2015, 10:16 AM

I like it.

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I had three Kirstens in my class in high school. There was a Kirstin, a Kirsten, and a Kierstin. Then I worked with a Kirsten who was about my age. I think all of them pronounced it KEERstin / KEERst'n. People are easily taught correct pronunciations. But like with so many names, they do have to be taught.

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I guess it seems dated about like Kristen does, but it doesn't strike me as a name that was a huge fad despite knowing so many the same age... because those are all the Kirstens I ever knew, unlike with Christine/Kristen etc.

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I like it but prefer it pronounced kur-sten, which I know isn't correct. Kiersten sounds harsh to me.

I hate it. It sound harsh & Unpleasant and bluntly "yuck" also it sounds very naggy\annoying

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It would get confused with "Kristen" CONSTANTLY! At first, I read it as Kristen. (Spelling wise)

I've never cared for this name. Kirsten always looked and sounded off to me. Like it should be Kristin but someone mixed up the letters (even though I know that's not the case), and Kristin is just "okay" to begin with. There was also a one-off character on a TV show with this name who was a bit of a ditz, and that colors my perception on it a little for some reason. I don't find it respectable or mature because of that, to be honest.

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Also, I just realized that, in English, the first syllable sounds identical to the word "curse."

I've always liked it. I like Kirstin a little more, but that's just me.

I certainly like to better than Kristen. It's fine. I feel rather neutral to it.

I see it as a little bit dated. I remember like 3 girls in my elementary school class agreeing that their favorite name was Kirsten, but even by now it probably doesn't seem fashionable to them anymore.

It's very easy to misread or miswrite as Kristen. And hard to know how to pronounce it; some say Ker-sten, some say Keer-sten. There was this girl in V's school whose parents solved that problem, in a very unattractive way. They spelled her name Kurstyn.

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It's an okay name, but only okay. Prefer Kristen just because everybody knows how to say it (though there is always the question of whether it's spelled with an e or an i). Much prefer Kristina or Christina if we're going down that route.

I don't. Sorry. Mostly because all the Kirstens I know have a terrible time being called Kristen all the time. And, they are super touchy about it. I suppose they are rightfully so, but it just seemed to bother them a little too much to me.

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I wouldn't mind a Kirsten if the parents were ok with the nickname Kirsty though.

I grew up with a Kirsten. Her father, who was Danish, said it so beautifully: like "keersten" but with these beautiful, crisp, crystalline sounds that made me think of birds - not keeeeer like in a piercing way. But everyone else called her "kurrsten". Which was still kinda cool? But I preferred keersten.

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It's not something I'd use, but I enjoy it.

I consider it an ok name, nothing to get excited or upset. But I have to say, I like it way better than Kristen.

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This message was edited 8/20/2015, 4:16 AM

I like it too, but really only in a Scottish context. Trouble is, where I live it's a surname, very well known because of two international cricketers, half-brothers Peter and Gary. So using it as a fn on a girl would look odd! I've never known a local girl - local anyone - with Kirsten as a given name, though I believe it was in fashion in the UK in about the 1970s-1980s.