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I found several sites (in Portuguese) which say that Natércia was coined as an anagram of Caterina by Luís de Camões, a Portuguese poet in the 16th century, to hide the true name of his girlfriend Caterina, e.g. here:

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http://inforum.insite.com.br/fernandopessoa/8309769.html

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Interesting. If true, this would be the first such "anagram" case that I ever heard of (just reading things backwards does not count.)