Kirsten

Hey I’m also and Kirsten and can tell you that I am French and most people here can’t even say my name, but pronouncing it in French I didn’t like being called “KEER-sten” I absolutely hated it really sounds to English and makes it so hard for a French person to say it so I just told everyone around me to pronounce it as “KYRSTEN” when you say it like “Kir-steen” sounds better in French anyways. I absolutely hate my name but at least I was the only Kirsten in school or literally around here every1 knew how I kinda was because like there’s literally only 1 Kirsten in this small town🤣.

Please listen up. Get it right please lol.
It's not supposed to be pronounced KEER-STEN, or like kier-sten either.
It's better pronounced as it's spelled, KIR-STEN, but at the same time remembering not to make the letter "I" sound sharp or make it sound like an eeee.
Take the word, KIT for example, the letter I is pronounced the same in Kirsten.

My ex husband's name is Kirk & we named our daughter after him in 2004, Kirsten. Pronounced Kur-sten like her dad's name, Kirk, is pronounced. Ironically, my name is Christie & I just saw that Kirsten is a derivative of Christina & Christie.

My name is Kirsten. I introduce myself as 'CURSE-ten'. If I wanted to be called 'KERs-tin' My name would be Kierstin.

Years ago I knew a Kirsten who pronounced her name "Share-sten". I thought the name was beautiful and still do. So far on this site I only see one other person who mentions this pronunciation.

My dad is Danish and named me Kirsten and that side of the family pronounces it 'KYEER-sten' (the 'ky' sound like the 'cu' sound in 'cute' almost). Everyone else calls me 'kur-stin' or *cringe* 'kristen'. I prefer it said like kyeersten because I find it to be much less harsh & masculine sounding.

In Norway, where this is also a common name, it can be pronounsed as KEER-sten or as SHEER-sten.

Listen to the German pronunciation of Kirsten here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

I knew of one Kirsten and she pronounced it KUR-stin. Then the other person I met one day her name was Kiersten and pronounced it Keer-sten.

In Denmark Kirsten is pronounced as KIER-sten.

In my experience, Kirsten is mispronounced quite often. Some people say "Keer-sten" while others say "Kur-sten." So it is very common for a Keer-sten to be called Kur-sten and vice versa. This can be slightly annoying, but I've learned to deal with it. Just as long as no one calls me Kristen (which also happens a lot, and is more annoying than the mispronunciation, because my name is clearly NOT Kristen!).

My sister's name and she pronounces it KER-stin.