Christian - the name, not religion

[Anonymous]

Do you pronounce it

Chris-chen (like the religion) or Chris-tee-ahn (more like Ronaldo the soccer player)?

[Anonymous]

The former, but I’m not a Spanish speaker.

[Anonymous]

My Irish Catholic family pronounces it like the first example for my cousin. (I think it is a weird name to give a person)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The former, but I’m not a Spanish speaker.

Speaking spanish isn't relevant.

Cristiano Ronaldo is Portugese, and the name Christian is pronounced in a similar way by many other languages (German, Czech, French, Swedish to name a few)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My Irish Catholic family pronounces it like the first example for my cousin. (I think it is a weird name to give a person)

It doesn't mean the same thing in other countries, only in English speaking ones.

For instance, to be christian as in religion in German is christlich, whereas the name is spelled the same as in English

So a lot less weird, IMO.

[Anonymous]

Like the religion.

If there were an -o on the end, I'd give it the four-syllable pronunciation.

[Anonymous]

Like the religion. Never heard it pronounced another way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like the religion. Never heard it pronounced another way.

+1

I loooove the name Christian for a boy, but my Catholic-raised husband was having none of it. I'm a Unitarian heathen myself, but I love the way the name sounds.

[Anonymous]

All in the context (I say that because it is pronounced differently in German and if I happened to be speaking in German or about a German with the name even though I don’t know any), but I would pronounce it by default like the religion. The name was certainly more common where I grew up in the South, but I don’t hear it much further North.

[Anonymous]

The Spanish-speaking-as-a-first-language kid in my son's daycare pronounces it like the religion. I like the name and I am also a Godless heathen, like PP.

[Anonymous]

1st way since we speak English here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1st way since we speak English here.

That doesn't mean you get to change someone's name.

Or do you generally change Matteo to Matthew since we speak English here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like the religion. Never heard it pronounced another way.

+1

I loooove the name Christian for a boy, but my Catholic-raised husband was having none of it. I'm a Unitarian heathen myself, but I love the way the name sounds.

Also a heathen who loves the name. Not sure what that says about us?

[Anonymous]

I've never heard of the soccer player.

But I have a relative (by marriage) named Christian and he pronounces it like the religion. He goes by "Chris"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like the religion. Never heard it pronounced another way.

+1

I loooove the name Christian for a boy, but my Catholic-raised husband was having none of it. I'm a Unitarian heathen myself, but I love the way the name sounds.

Ha! I’m such a heathen that it didn’t occur to me that people would think a boy named Christian was more likely to be Christian. It’s not a name I associate with any particular religion, which I know is odd.