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 December 02 2007, 12:59 PM |
Elorine
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I've been doing some research on the 'Net to see what the Irish equivalent of my first name would be and I found a couple... I thought I'd run them by you all to see if they're correctly spelled and if they're the actual names (I don't always trust everything I see online at first sight...  ).
Anyway, my name is Cathy, which is short for Catherine. Yet, Catherine isn't my name as my parents saw it fit to shorten it from the start and officially named me Cathy instead.
I found several forms for Catherine in Irish: Caitlín, Caitrín and Cáitriona.
From there, I found some shortened forms of those, that would seem to fit my name: Cáit and Tríona.
What I was wondering is: are there any other forms of the names I might have missed and which would work better? Are they spelled correctly? Which one/ones are used most that you know of?
I kind like the look of Tríona myself, but how is it pronounced? I found both Tri-o-na and Tree-na when I researched it...
Not for a tatoo or anything... I just wanted to add my name in my signature here, but since it's an Irish forum, I think it'd be more fitting in Irish. 
Thanks a bunch for the help. 
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| December 02 2007, 13:06 PM |
DoireTrasna
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I like Tríona best.
Pronounced : Tree-o-nah (quickly)
The o is pronounced like an "oh" exclamation |
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| December 02 2007, 15:53 PM |
Redwolf
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Just for the sake of interest (since it's always fun to know more about your name), "Caitlín" (which pronounced kotch-LEEN, NOT "KATE-lynn") and "Caitrín" are both affectionate diminutive forms of "Catríona"...kind of like "Cathy" and "Katy" are diminitive forms of "Catherine/Katherine" (interestingly, "Caitlín" even spawned its own particular English form: Kathleen). "Cait" and "Tríona" are shortened forms (like "Cat" or "Kate" in English). So it's not so much that there are lots of Irish names for "Catherine," but rather than Irish has as many potential nicknames (some of which have become separate names in their own right) for "Catríona" as English does for "Catherine."
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| December 02 2007, 17:41 PM |
Elorine
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| DoireTrasna wrote: |
I like Tríona best.
Pronounced : Tree-o-nah (quickly)
The o is pronounced like an "oh" exclamation |
Thanks.
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| December 02 2007, 17:43 PM |
Elorine
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| Redwolf wrote: |
Just for the sake of interest (since it's always fun to know more about your name), "Caitlín" (which pronounced kotch-LEEN, NOT "KATE-lynn") and "Caitrín" are both affectionate diminutive forms of "Catríona"...kind of like "Cathy" and "Katy" are diminitive forms of "Catherine/Katherine" (interestingly, "Caitlín" even spawned its own particular English form: Kathleen). "Cait" and "Tríona" are shortened forms (like "Cat" or "Kate" in English). So it's not so much that there are lots of Irish names for "Catherine," but rather than Irish has as many potential nicknames (some of which have become separate names in their own right) for "Catríona" as English does for "Catherine."
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Oh, thanks. I didn't realize that all those names actually came from the same one. Good to know and, yep, you're right it's always fun to learn more about your name.
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