Since we are discovering how differently these names can sound in different languages, there is a funny one in Portuguese too. :-)
"Tristan" is traditionally "Tristão" in Portuguese (as in *Tristão e Isolda* ).
The problem — or perhaps just the amusing coincidence — is that to a modern Portuguese speaker, "Tristão" sounds very close to "triste" ("sad") plus the common augmentative ending "-ão". So it can jokingly sound like something along the lines of "very sad" or "big sad one".
So far we have Tristian sounding a little like "Christian" in English, Trina apparently not working very well in German, and Tristan becoming a rather sad bear in Portuguese. :-)
I suppose naming an international mascot is harder than it looks.
Cheers, Sebastião
Em sex., 28 de ago. de 2026, 18:45, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users < users@trinitydesktop.org> escreveu:
Anno domini 2026 Fri, 28 Aug 16:54:56 -0400 Felix Miata via tde-users scripsit:
If there must be a new name, Trina: 2 syllables, better as a mascot name
than 3.
"Trina" is not good for german speakers :) "Tristan" as a name is not very common but is OK - think of "Tristan and Isolde".
Nik
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