Caitriona

Meaning of Caitriona

Caitriona drifts across the tongue like a white crane skimming both Atlantic waves and a quiet Japanese pond—an Irish Gaelic rendering of Catherine, sprung from the ancient Greek katharos, “pure,” yet carrying in its soft ka-TREE-nah cadence the cool silver of moonlight over bog and bamboo alike; she is the heroine Robert Louis Stevenson set adrift in the Highlands, the modern elegance of actress Caitríona Balfe, the echo of countless Saint Catherines, and, despite only occasional appearances on American birth ledgers where she hovers, wisp-thin, around the 900th rank, she persists with the serene resolve of a single haiku stroke.

Pronunciation

Irish Gaelic

• Pronunced as ka-TREE-nah (/kæˈtriːnə/)

• Catherine
• Caitlin
• Kaitlyn
• Katrina
• Katerina
• Caitlyn
• Catriona