I love the name Katrina, and my husband likes it, but also associates it with the hurricane (he used to live on the gulf coast but moved a couple years before the hurricane hit). Does anyone else automatically think of the same thing?
I sure hope not. It’s a nice name. As someone else mentioned, by the time your child is in school (aka: at the teasing age), the hurricane will have been 10 years ago and most of the kids her age won’t even think of it. Yes, the effects are still with us and should never be forgotten, but I don’t think it’s good cause to "kill" a name, especially since the name was chosen basically at random by the National Weather Service. It’s not like the storm was named after the person who designed the faulty levees.
December 25th, 2009 at 5:28 am
When I look at it I think of two things…
1. The hurricane
2. the name Katarina (which is similar to this name)
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December 25th, 2009 at 6:12 am
yaaa, i think it would remind tomany peopl of that horrible storm.. :S
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December 25th, 2009 at 7:02 am
That name died for me in high school when this girl Katrina acted like the b*tch queen of the world. To me, that names now means "queen b*tch". lol
Maybe he’d like Kalina? That’s my little sisters name…she’s a sweetie.
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December 25th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Only among the severely butthurt.
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December 25th, 2009 at 8:03 am
My younger sister’s name is Katrina and EVERYONE calls her hurricane. She hates it. Especially since she is very obese.
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December 25th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Probably. Sorry if you really liked it.
What about Karina, Kari (Carrie)
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December 25th, 2009 at 9:02 am
I don’t immediately think of the hurricane when I hear the name Katrina. I think it’s very pretty. I also like Katya and Katarina, but those might sound too foreign for you depending on where you live. Oh, I also love the name Kaia (Kyah)
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December 25th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Our generation associates it with the hurricane, but by the time your daughter goes to school, none of the children will have ever heard of Katrina the hurricane. The association for her age group will not be there.
I guess it depends if YOU can live with it.
I happen to like the name Katrina very much.
I also love Karina (ka-REE-na) and Kamila (ka-MEE-la), which are very similar.
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December 25th, 2009 at 9:55 am
uhh, i love the name katrina.
maybe if you do feel like it could be a bad thing, spell it different? i like the spelling k-a-t-r-i-n-a but you could try
Catrina, Katrena, Katrinah, Katryna.
i kinda like the one with the y instead of i.
(: i think the name katrina is pretty !!!
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December 25th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Well, no name really "dies" but it could "go out of style".
Take the name "Emma" for example, it was really popular in the 1800’s and then it was rarely heard until now. Currently it is #4 in the U.S popular names chart.
Also, some people might not like the meanings of some names so they chose another name.
BTW- Katrina means Pure & it is the German name for Catherine.
Katrina Belle is cute, and it means Pure Beauty.
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Partially Babynames.com
December 25th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Absolutely not! My best friend is named Katrina and my cousin’s 9 week old baby’s name is Katrina and it is an amazingly pretty name.
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December 25th, 2009 at 11:13 am
It reminds me of hurricane Katrina, and I don’t even live in the US
It is a nice name, but it’s reputation as degraded since the bad hurricane….
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December 25th, 2009 at 11:42 am
It sort of depends on where u live. Florida might not be a good place for that. But i know some one named Katrina and nobody hates them because of their name. But i live in Michigan. So It just depends on where u live.
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December 25th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
I dont think so.. Every name is always associated with something big.. Usually a celeb but in ths case the hurricane
When u say Tom - people say like Tom Cruise
When u say Janice - people say like Janice Dickenson
Elijah - Elijah Wood
Hannah - Hannah Montana
You really cant stop name association..
So you could name ur baby Katrina.. Maybe like the person above who suggested change the spelling..
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December 25th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
I sure hope not. It’s a nice name. As someone else mentioned, by the time your child is in school (aka: at the teasing age), the hurricane will have been 10 years ago and most of the kids her age won’t even think of it. Yes, the effects are still with us and should never be forgotten, but I don’t think it’s good cause to "kill" a name, especially since the name was chosen basically at random by the National Weather Service. It’s not like the storm was named after the person who designed the faulty levees.
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December 25th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I don’t, but I’m not American so that might have something to do with it. If you want some alternatives:
Caitríona/Catriona (pronounced the same way as Katrina; Gaelic)
Caitria (KAT-ree-uh…also Gaelic)
Katarina
Katya/Katia
Catalina
Katalin/Catalin
Corinna
Corinne
Kaya/Kaia/Kaja
Aikaterine (Greek)
Catherina/Katherina (kah-thuh-REE-nuh)
Katarin/Katarine
Katrien
Ekaterina
Kelita (kuh-LEE-tuh)
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