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I adore Katerina. It's what I wanted to name my first dd. DH and I had planned to call her Katie and we also agreed that he'd choose the mn since I chose Katerina. He ended up choosing Nicole as the mn which didn't flow with Katerina at all so I went with Katherine. After she was born, I truly wanted to name her Katherine (or Katerina) Joy and he nixed that (sniff!). Anyway, our dd now goes by Kate and has since she was 14 since there were sooo many girls named Katie at school (most of them Katelyn, Kaitlin, Kaitlyn, etc.). She much prefers Kate. I also briefly, briefly toyed with the idea of Mary Katherine (nn Mary Kate) but ultimately felt it might be perceived as the name of a nun or too pious. My reasoning was silly at the time because a name is a name and I still do really like Mary Kate. So sweet! It's funny because her partner is named Ashley and they potentially could have been Mary Kate and Ashley! :-)

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So yes, I love Katerina and would love to see it being used. No, I do not think people would confuse it for Katrina (which is also nice). BTW, I've only known one person with this name. Her mother actually went to the same church at the time and named her dd Katarina Ariel (different spelling, obviously).

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As for mns, I won't suggest anything since you've gotten great suggestions so far.

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Your words reveal who you think you are, but your actions prove who you really are.

This message was edited 3/19/2019, 10:35 AM