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Kirstie Parker is a Yuwallarai (Aboriginal Australian) journalist, policy administrator and Aboriginal activist. From 2013 to 2015 she served as the co-chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples and during her tenure pressed for policies that allowed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to gain the ability for self-determination.
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Kirstie Alora is a Filipina taekwondo practitioner. She represented the Philippines at the 2016 Summer Olympics after winning the silver medal at the Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Alora was the flag bearer for the Philippines during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Kirstie Marshall, OAM, is an Australian aerial skier and Victorian state politician.
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Much like the variant Kirsty, this is a common English-language name and not just Scottish. Surprising omission as even the listed example is an American!
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The correct pronunciation is K-year-s-tee (Forgive me, assume pronunciation like it's spelled, it's been too long since I studied IPA to use it.)
My mother named me Kirstie and intended it to be pronounced that way but it turns out a lot of people in the U.S. (including 99% of my family apparently) have trouble wrapping their heads around the "Kir" part and the fact that there's really a y sound in there. They pronounce it like Curse-tee.
At thirty years old, I switch back and forth between the two pronunciations and accept anything that sounds even vaguely close to my name. That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, after all.
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My mother named me Kirstie and intended it to be pronounced that way but it turns out a lot of people in the U.S. (including 99% of my family apparently) have trouble wrapping their heads around the "Kir" part and the fact that there's really a y sound in there. They pronounce it like Curse-tee.
At thirty years old, I switch back and forth between the two pronunciations and accept anything that sounds even vaguely close to my name. That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, after all.
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I'm a Kirstie and I've had a love/hate relationship with the name. I think it's a very beautiful name... The one time in ten that people call me by it. When I was younger it used to bother me but now not so much.
Downsides of being named Kirstie:
-You can spell your name to people, more than one time even, and they'll still have an least a 50/50 chance of spelling it wrong.
-You will have people who have known you for years still call you Kristie. Strangers will call you Kristy, Kristen, Krista, Kirsten, etc. I work in a position where I say my name over the phone a lot and often have people call me Tracie or even Percy(?!) One local pizza place thinks my name is "Krispy". They print it on my receipts. I haven't bothered correcting them because it makes me laugh every time.
-You are never finding anything with your name on it unless it's custom made. Forget keychains and souvenirs and the like.
-There is more than one way to pronounce it. No matter which you choose, most people will get it wrong.
-It sounds weird with most last names. I don't know why, but I've always felt my name sounds odd with almost every last name combination I've tried (including my own.) I always add my middle name which breaks it up a bit.
The plus sides:
-It's a really pretty name
-Like, seriously, people will compliment you on it all the time (once they finally learn how to pronounce it - and don't get too excited, they'll forget it again.)
-You'll probably be the only Kirstie in your class/at your office
-Because people so rarely get it right, it makes me really happy when my loved ones call me by name. I imagine most people don't get a little rush of joy at just hearing their own name right, so it's kind of a blessing in disguise.
-Same thing but for personalized stuff: I got a water bottle for Christmas one year with my name on it and legit cried a little with joy.
-It's a /really/ pretty name!
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Downsides of being named Kirstie:
-You can spell your name to people, more than one time even, and they'll still have an least a 50/50 chance of spelling it wrong.
-You will have people who have known you for years still call you Kristie. Strangers will call you Kristy, Kristen, Krista, Kirsten, etc. I work in a position where I say my name over the phone a lot and often have people call me Tracie or even Percy(?!) One local pizza place thinks my name is "Krispy". They print it on my receipts. I haven't bothered correcting them because it makes me laugh every time.
-You are never finding anything with your name on it unless it's custom made. Forget keychains and souvenirs and the like.
-There is more than one way to pronounce it. No matter which you choose, most people will get it wrong.
-It sounds weird with most last names. I don't know why, but I've always felt my name sounds odd with almost every last name combination I've tried (including my own.) I always add my middle name which breaks it up a bit.
The plus sides:
-It's a really pretty name
-Like, seriously, people will compliment you on it all the time (once they finally learn how to pronounce it - and don't get too excited, they'll forget it again.)
-You'll probably be the only Kirstie in your class/at your office
-Because people so rarely get it right, it makes me really happy when my loved ones call me by name. I imagine most people don't get a little rush of joy at just hearing their own name right, so it's kind of a blessing in disguise.
-Same thing but for personalized stuff: I got a water bottle for Christmas one year with my name on it and legit cried a little with joy.
-It's a /really/ pretty name!
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Kirstie Maldonado, a member of Pentatonix.
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Kirstie is a very beautiful name.
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A few months ago I decided to find out where my name came from. I found out that it was Scandinavian in Origin, and meant Effervescent (Bubbly). I was very amused by this since it always seems to get played as a variant of the common mispronunciations Kirsten or Kristy.
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Kirstie is a great name but definitely not heard of much.
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Kirstie Alley is an American actress.
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