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.
― Anonymous User 2/6/2021
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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.