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I love all of those except Katell (sounds like a weird tryndee invention) and Katinka (nickname, and it reminds me of "tinkle"). I also love Kaja and Katya as nicknames, though I prefer do Kaia to Kaja.

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If I had to pick a favorite it'd probably be Katarina. Pretty, classy, and versatile. It's one of my favorite names and I'd seriously consider using it with Kaia as the nickname. If I moved to Poland or the Netherlands I'd use Katarzyna or Katelijn, respectively. They're beautiful but would be disasters in English. And of course, Katharine is always an excellent choice. I like this spelling in theory but in practice I'd go with Katherine for simplicity's sake.

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I heart them all. My first dd is Katherine (Kate) and I can honestly say that I would have used a form of Katherine for my first dd no matter the surname.

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My faves from your list are Katarina, Ekaterina and Katya (although I prefer Katia).

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My faves are Aikaterine, Katerina, Kasia, Caitriona / Catriona and Catalina but it's all good. I just love all Kat names.

I love Ekaterina, and I quite like Katalin, and Katalinka; that's interesting.

I really like Katarina, Katharine and Katarzyna.

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I am not really a fan of Katell or Katalinka.

I'm a Katerina myself, and while I've warned to it, Kat names are not my favorite thing. I think Katalinka is kind of cool, and I like Katelijn--very Dutch looking. I hate Katarina because it's like my name but not and feels like a misspelling, even though I know it's not. These names (Katherine based names) are nice in their nickname options. There are so many! I like Kate and Katie, which are my general nns of choice, but I like Katya too.