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MonkeyPrincess

11-20-2006, 09:07 PM

Kaitrah?

How did you pronounce it when you read it?
I think it can sound too "robotic" or "futuristic".

fek&fuzz

11-20-2006, 09:10 PM

Kay-trah. It just sounds sort of made up...

MsElle07

11-20-2006, 09:11 PM

I think Kay-trah as well. I agree, it sounds made up.

54mama

11-20-2006, 09:19 PM

Kah-ti-rah I realize that there is NO WAY this is the correct pronunciation, but I'm one of those people who glances and then jumps to pronunciation so I thought I'd be honest about what I thought is was. Kah-ti-rah sounds futuristic as you suggeted. I find Kay-trah (as others have pronounced it) sort of hard to say, sort of forced rather than smooth off the tongue. Curious if you are thinking boy or girl for this name?

MonkeyPrincess

11-20-2006, 09:31 PM

Girl. :wink

Yeah, I thought I did make it up. But, it is a country! LOL

I don't really like it so much. But I've always wanted to call a little girl Katey. I just need a full name! I don't like Kathleen, Katherine was taken by my sister for her dd's middle name, the hurricane ruined Katrina for me and Katelyn is really popular. Although, that's the one we'll fall back on. I was just hoping for a more unique name.

Any suggestions?

Nora'sMommy

11-20-2006, 10:17 PM

Katalina?

Or just name her Katey.....that's original.

torio

11-21-2006, 08:17 AM

Yes, Kay-trah seems like the pronunciation. It's not as kooky as some made-up and altered names are. I know a Chaitra.

katt

11-21-2006, 10:24 AM

Catriona
Katya
Ekaterina
Katie

grapejuicemama

11-21-2006, 11:08 AM

Personally, I like Kaitrah, but I think if you drop the "h", it doesn't look quite as futuristic.

Kaitra

Kaytra

:shrug

Like another poster suggested, I like Katalina or just Katey, too.

RoadBuddy

11-21-2006, 11:12 AM

Kate-rah. Like She-Ra. Sounds made-up to me, and not all that flattering.

If you like Katey as a nickname, you could name her Kate. Katey is too nicknamey for a full name IMO, but Kate is nice.

koru

11-21-2006, 01:41 PM

my instinct is to pronounce it "kye-tra"....but maybe that's because my daughter's name is kaiya & we call her kai.

i agree with the previous post....kate is a great, strong, feminine name & she can always be called katie.

Ahappymel

11-21-2006, 02:09 PM

Since you asked...
It sounds like very sci-fi.

amyleigh33

11-21-2006, 02:13 PM

My first thought was "Kite-raw".

And whether I think a name is too weird or not, depends on whether the person plans on sending their kid to public school. If not, they can probably get away with anything, like Moon Unit (ha); but if SO, I would err on the side of caution cause little kids find ANYTHING to pick on others about and it's really damaging. (Trust me, ha)

Amylcd

11-21-2006, 02:13 PM

Ka - tree- uh is how I would pronounce it. (i know, totally wrong lol)

KlutzyGirl

11-21-2006, 03:42 PM

[QUOTE=RoadBuddy;6594279]Kate-rah. Like She-Ra. Sounds made-up to me, and not all that flattering.

That's how I read it and feel about it too. Sorry.

mavery

11-21-2006, 04:07 PM

What about Katya?

ETA, sorry, I missed it in the earlier reply.

MonkeyPrincess

11-21-2006, 04:14 PM

Thanks for the honest opinions. I kind of feel the same way about it as you all said - sounds made up and futuristic.

Kate doesn't seem long enough for a full name to me, I know it is but I have all these silly rules in my head which makes it very difficult to name a baby! LOL Plus, all my kids have a long name (at least 3 syllables) with a nn that falls from their full name.

Katey is too nickname-ish to be her full name. Perhaps I should start looking at names that go well with Kate and have two first names to make it fuller sounding...

Ks Mama

11-21-2006, 05:37 PM

When I first read it, thought it would sound like:

Kay-truh

I actually like it, though Kate (and all the variations & spellings) is a really common name... and she may end up being called Kate as a nickname.

Jilian

11-21-2006, 08:08 PM

I thought it was pronounced Kate-Rah. It's not a bad name, but it's not one of my favorites either.

DecemberSun

11-21-2006, 09:34 PM

I really like Kaitrah. And I've always loved the name Kate, but I agree that it seems kinda short and plain as a first name. I like Anna Kate, and Caitlyn even though it has become too popluar lately. :)

ETA: I actually thought it said Ka-tee-rah at first glance too, until I really looked at it!

LizaBear

11-22-2006, 08:27 AM

Kaitrah?

How did you pronounce it when you read it?
I think it can sound too "robotic" or "futuristic".

Kate-Rah

Looks either made-up or mis-spelled.

Lohagrace

11-22-2006, 08:21 PM

what about katarina (pronounced like cat-a-rayna or cat-a-reena)--not sure of the spelling. like katrina, but more russian sounding? you could totally call her katie for short. we had a finnish exchange student last summer and her name was that (although with lots of r-rolling and sounds we don't use in american english).

joybabymama

11-23-2006, 08:50 PM

i'm not loving that name myself but i do like Kaitia or katarina.

this is a great site for names...
http://www.babynames.com/

these days it's the kid with the ordinary name that's unusual, at least where i live! i only know a handful of kids with traditional names.

talk de jour

11-23-2006, 08:57 PM

ky-EE-trah.

I agree with everyone else -- sounds made up.

Xiao

11-25-2006, 08:44 PM

How about Kateri? This name is of Native American origen. Kateri Tekakwitha was of Mohawk/Algonquin heritage; she is the patroness of the environment/ecology (Catholic church).

Mizelenius

11-26-2006, 01:04 PM

How about Kateri? This name is of Native American origen. Kateri Tekakwitha was of Mohawk/Algonquin heritage; she is the patroness of the environment/ecology (Catholic church).
I know 2 people with this name! I like it!

roadfamily6now

11-26-2006, 03:27 PM

why not KT?

frenchie

11-28-2006, 09:34 PM