It's TWINS!

jennyshawn0808

We had an ultasound yesterday & found out that we are having twins. One boy & one girl. I'm pretty sure the boy name is locked down. We're having trouble with the girl name though. We really like Carina, but I'm not sure about the spelling. We want it pronounced kah-rin-a NOT kah-reen-a. Just wondering if there are any ideas on what to do or different spellings I should try?? What do you think?

DSMLove

To get that pronunciation, I would spell it Carinna or Corinna.

The name is NMS, I would prefer Corinne.

Helenahhandbasket

Corrina, for sure. 

 

Congrats on your twins!

IrishTraveler

FYI: Carina is also the name of a publisher. It's also pronounced the way you don't want it pronounced.

https://ebooks.carinapress.com/17E5EC7F-2A0A-429A-B624-FA5DA4C15C5C/10/134/en/Default.htm

magsugar13

welcome to the wonderful world of twins!

i love corrina, but i think no matter how you spell it some people will still pronounce it the same way.

 

what is the boy name?

bsinno

i would spell it like my friend does, Karina

 

congrats! 

BLPL101

Carina is pronounced Kah-reen-uh. I would pronounce Carinna kah-rin-uh.

rider5344

BLPL101:

Carina is pronounced Kah-reen-uh. I would pronounce Carinna kah-rin-uh.

this and Corinna co-rin-uh 

D&HMom

Congrats on your twins! Its a wild ride but tons of fun!

Take care.

Corrinna

queenbone

Carinna

PinkyFloyd73

The only spellings I would pronounce correctly would be Carinna or Caryna. The Y tends to be more of an automatic "ih" instead if "ee". That may just be me though, since I know people named Laryn (La-rynn) and Maryn (Ma-rynn). 

But I do think Carinna is much prettier.

bananatiff

Carina (kah-rine-ah) - like the bifurcation of the trachea?  Just be sure she won't study any form of biology.

Congrats on twins! 

snowybride08

Congrats!  I would probably spell it Carinna.  However, you'll always have some people mispronouncing it no matter the spelling you use.

g8trkim

Corinna for sure. If I saw Carina I would absolutely think it was the way you don't want to pronounce it (though I think that's pretty too). What's your boy name?

jennyshawn0808

g8trkim:

Corinna for sure. If I saw Carina I would absolutely think it was the way you don't want to pronounce it though I think that's pretty too. What's your boy name?

. I like it to, but I have an aunt Corene I think that would be too close. Our boy name will be some form of Wes. Wesley or Weston.

megemoney

I would use two Ns.  I feel like that helps shorten the long E sound.