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Help[Opinions] Re: Katarzyna and Katrina
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I've got a colleague called Katarzyna - her name is so fun. Recently a colleague and I were discussing how to pronounce a name with 'xh' in it, and I figured it was Albanian and thought it was like a Slavic 'zh' sound (Russian ж) (and I'm not sure it is or just like an English 'j') but my colleague doesn't speak Russian so I was like "like the 'z' in Katarzyna" and we were both like 'that really is a fun name to say'.
I really like Katarzyna, it looks cool and it's fun to say as an English speaker where that 'zh' sound is rare. Flip side I guess is that some people may struggle with the zh sound but I've not yet seen someone actually struggle with it (mis-pronounce her name, yes) and I personally relish that zh, it's so satisfying.
It's so much cooler and more interesting than Catherine or Katherine, neither of which appeal to me. But I think you need to have Polish heritage to really pull it off.
Other international variants I like are: Aikaterine, Katsiaryna (I'm saying this in the Russian way based on the Cyrillic, so I'm probably wrong, but if I'm right it's pretty... the anglicisation is so clunky though), Kadri, Aikaterini / Ekaterini, Yekaterina. Prettier than Catherine. Catarina and Catalina are both ok, but I find them less interesting. I don't like Kasia, it's like kasha/каша and I hate that stuff with a burning passion. Nicknames I like are... Kat / Cat / Kit is cool through association. I really like Katinka and Katenka, those are sassy. I don't like Katya, although I like Katyusha, and I don't like anything like Katrina, I feel it went through a 'phase' in the UK. I don't like Kate, Katie or Kath despite knowing really lovely people with all those names, the sound just does not appeal.
I just discovered Cateline, that's sorta neat, it'd be a good name for a character in a historical fantasy novel.
I really like Katarzyna, it looks cool and it's fun to say as an English speaker where that 'zh' sound is rare. Flip side I guess is that some people may struggle with the zh sound but I've not yet seen someone actually struggle with it (mis-pronounce her name, yes) and I personally relish that zh, it's so satisfying.
It's so much cooler and more interesting than Catherine or Katherine, neither of which appeal to me. But I think you need to have Polish heritage to really pull it off.
Other international variants I like are: Aikaterine, Katsiaryna (I'm saying this in the Russian way based on the Cyrillic, so I'm probably wrong, but if I'm right it's pretty... the anglicisation is so clunky though), Kadri, Aikaterini / Ekaterini, Yekaterina. Prettier than Catherine. Catarina and Catalina are both ok, but I find them less interesting. I don't like Kasia, it's like kasha/каша and I hate that stuff with a burning passion. Nicknames I like are... Kat / Cat / Kit is cool through association. I really like Katinka and Katenka, those are sassy. I don't like Katya, although I like Katyusha, and I don't like anything like Katrina, I feel it went through a 'phase' in the UK. I don't like Kate, Katie or Kath despite knowing really lovely people with all those names, the sound just does not appeal.
I just discovered Cateline, that's sorta neat, it'd be a good name for a character in a historical fantasy novel.
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