Name - Kaethe

[Anonymous]

I know someone with this name, and yes it’s pronounced Kay-duh. But no one knows how to pronounce it first time they see it written.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know someone with this name, and yes it’s pronounced Kay-duh. But no one knows how to pronounce it first time they see it written.

Duhmb

[Anonymous]

r/tragedeigh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do most people know how this is pronounced?

I would have thought either Katie or Kay-th. Sorry!

[Anonymous]

Isn't it a German or Scandinavia name pronounced Kay-tuh? It's also spelled Kathe with an umlaut over the a. It's not intuitive for English speakers and I would not use it. It's basically Kathy or Kate, right?

[Anonymous]

It's pronounced "terrible"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't it a German or Scandinavia name pronounced Kay-tuh? It's also spelled Kathe with an umlaut over the a. It's not intuitive for English speakers and I would not use it. It's basically Kathy or Kate, right?

There's a European dollmaker named Kathe Kruse with an umlaut and I never knew the pronunciation above.

You could go with Kaida. But that means "Little Dragon" in Japanese. I've seen it in dragon-themed fiction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about Kayda?

Then it wouldn't be kewl and unnecessarily confusing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. It's pronounced Kay-duh but I can see it's going to be a problem.

Not good to have DUH in your name!

[Anonymous]

People are being unbelievably cruel. Just because it's not a popular English name does not mean it's made up. Kaethe is a traditional Scandinavian name with a defined pronunciation. OP did not pull the name or the pronunciation out of thin air.

That said, if the child's family does not come from Scandinavia and it's not a family name, I think it's a little weird to give the child a difficult to pronounce international name. Stick to something that is more meaningful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. It's pronounced Kay-duh but I can see it's going to be a problem.

Except that this isn’t actually how the name is pronounced, that’s a horrible American way of saying it

[Anonymous]

OP, I know you have an easy name yourself if you are considering doing this to your kid. You don’t know how hard it makes life. Please don’t.

-person with hard name

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are being unbelievably cruel. Just because it's not a popular English name does not mean it's made up. Kaethe is a traditional Scandinavian name with a defined pronunciation. OP did not pull the name or the pronunciation out of thin air.

That said, if the child's family does not come from Scandinavia and it's not a family name, I think it's a little weird to give the child a difficult to pronounce international name. Stick to something that is more meaningful.

We aren’t in Scandinavia and this name doesn’t fit rules of American English. Granted it’s America so name your kid whatever you want, just know nobody will know how to spell it and they’ll be made fun of for being dumb.

[Anonymous]

Just name your kid Katie.

[Anonymous]

OP, congrats. I am generally surprised on these name threads by posters who have never seen/heard of “foreign” names that are familiar to me, but you’ve stumped me here. It’s a first.