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WDYT of Catalina? I've always thought it was cute. I prefer it to Caterina, since it has a lighter sound.
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I love Catalina. I am reminded of the city and the salad dressing but I still love it. It's lovely in my opinion and the connotations have not turned me off of it.
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Lovely Catalina. I've wondered in the past if that's where the Irish got Caitlin / Cathleen from. Spanish fishermen off the west coast? Or vice-versa? Just something that ambles through my mind. Anyway, Catalina is perky and youthful and definitely underrated. I wish she and Carlotta got more attention.
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I think it went to France first, with Cateline, which went over with some group (the Normans got it from the Bretons, maybe?) and then over to Ireland. I think. Don't source me on that.
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Cateline is new to me. I love it, thanks! Anything medieval is catnip to this bear.This puts a new twist on things. Many Irish names have Norman French origins, including my favorites Desmond and Clare. So it makes a lot of sense for Cateline to be the origin of Caitlin. Much obliged. :-)

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Oh, I love medieval names too, especially Desmond (though I might like Esmond more... not sure yet.)
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Esmond! *swoon* What a heartbreaker.
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I like it. :) Obviously my parents did too. But I was also named after a plane my grandfather flew in WWII, the Catalina.
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Oh yes, I've always disliked Caterina, but Catalina is gorgeous.
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