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Katya/Katja
by Eliza (savvy)
11/30/2004, 9:32 AM
Do you like Katya or Katja as a nickname for Katherine? or should they stand alone? Also, how do you say these names. I have an idea myself, but I don't know if its entirely accurate or if other people will say it the same way that I do. Thanks a bunch! :)
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- Elle (guest)
11/30/2004, 10:26 PM
I like them as names, but not nns. Katherine is so beautiful, nns just take away from that
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- hennig
11/30/2004, 2:45 PM
I think it would be fine, but I prefer them alone.
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- Lissa Hannah (Lissa)
11/30/2004, 2:10 PM
I don't care for Katya or Katja. I think Katherine is a great name, with the nickname Kath. But, I think nicknames should be left up to the child - not planned by the parents.
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- Lassia (guest)   +4
11/30/2004, 9:56 AM
Well, Katja sure stands alone as a name in Scandinavia. Many Finnish Katja's are even surprised to hear their name is a form of Katariina. Over here, Katja has lost all of its nickname status and it's never used as a nn for Katariina.
Lass
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- Charlie (Charlie Blue)   +3
11/30/2004, 10:01 AM
Ditto for Denmark.Except here it's concidered nn for the Russian Katharina. Or so says my baby name book.But it's only used as a stand alone name nowadays here.- Charlie (Who prn Katja as KAT-yah)
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- Siri (guest)   +2
11/30/2004, 1:22 PM
How is Katya pronunced? The same?I'm curious, because I've often thought of using Katya (pro. kat-tia) as a nick-name for Katarina. I like Kat-yah a bit better.Siri
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- Charlie (Charlie Blue)   +1
11/30/2004, 1:31 PM
Katya is KAT-yah here in Denmark. :-)
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- Charlie (Charlie Blue)
11/30/2004, 1:40 PM
And oh... Also how we prn Katia too.
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- Kris (guest)
11/30/2004, 9:42 AM
If anything Katja since it is a real pet form of Katherine, German one I believe which makes it all the better.Standing alone I dont know. I guess it could, but sometimes its nice to have a more formal name. As I had a friend in high school whose grandmother wanted her to be named Suzie but her mom wanted something more formal incase she became a doctor or lawyer or something like that. So Susanne with the nn Suzie was decided upon. Not that she is becoming something professional as a doctor or lawyer. But I can see me using Kristina at the place I work at once done with my Masters, and not Kris or Kristi or other pet names/nn.
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