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[breezy-boo.livejournal.com]

Someone I kind of know just had a baby girl. They named her Kateri. Not sure how this is pronounced or if it is an ethnic name? The husband is Chinese I believe. Big brother is named Xavier.

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[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I've seen this name written before; I think it was in a yearbook. I always thought it was Greek, but the stuff I found about it just now says it was a name given to a Native American woman (as a form of Catherine) who became a Catholic saint. I assume it's pronounced Kuh-TARE-ee or Kuh-TEER-ee.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I for some reason want to pronounce it "Kah-tuh-ree."

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

I've heard it once before and they pronounced it as "Kah-teh-ree".

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

I knew a girl with this name that went by "kat-er-ee", said fast. But I believe "Kuh-tear-ee" is right.

[autopsycorpses.livejournal.com]

I went to school with a girl named Kateri. It was pronounced "Kuh-tier-ee". She was as WASPY as they come, so I don't associate it with an ethnicity. :-)

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

The church by us is Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha

named for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kateri_Tekakwitha

[so-there.livejournal.com]

yeah, my first thought was "are they Catholic"? I don't think it's as associated with native american heritage as it is with the saint.

[breezy-boo.livejournal.com]

I believe they are Catholic! I am not so this never occurred to me

[so-there.livejournal.com]

actually, Xavier is a really Catholic name, too.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

I've seen Caitiri, same pron. in a book.

[iluvbroccoli.livejournal.com]

Ooh, Kateri is such a beautiful name and goes great with Xavier. I've heard it pronounced Kuh-TEER-ee. It's a Roman Catholic saint's name.