Message: "Katriel" - Behind the Name

Katriel

by holly (guest)

10/9/2009, 6:45 AM

I have questions out this name.

1. Is it a legitimate given name?
2. If so, is it traditionally masculine? It seems to ollow masculine patterns while sounding feminine, so I was unsure.

It is a user-submitted name here as F in one submission and M in another (it offers Katriela as a feminine form).

Thank you!

#Katriel

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- telfalathiel +2

10/10/2009, 1:10 PM

It appears to be a Hebrew name meaning "God is my crown" or "my crown is God". It would be masculine, though I have found a fairly even mix of males and females with this name upon searching. I have yet to come across Katriela, but if the feminine of Gabriel is Gabriela / Gabriella, then I don't see why it wouldn't work.

- egyptianpanda +1

10/12/2009, 2:06 PM

Katriel might not necessarily be only masculine. Hebrew is funny that way. Girls' names can end in the letter "l" or "lamed" in Hebrew.(Jezebel, Rachel, etc.)

~Ilana~

- telfalathiel

10/12/2009, 5:40 PM

Good point.

I don't know why that didn't even occur to me. Guess my brain wasn't fully functioning. Thanks. :)

- holly (guest)

10/9/2009, 7:32 AM

Sorry about the typos. I am still getting used to my new phone. :)

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