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Catarina is very common here (although the spelling with a K is more common) and I think it's a nice, beautiful name.

I adore Catarina and all her spellings. I almost went with Katerina for my first dd. The name is musical, classic, elegant, and familiar without being too OTT or common.

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You said that Catarina honors one side of the family tree. From what I can tell, both can be used with an Italian background although other backgrounds come into play, especially with Catarina. I am curious about your family tree. Care to share?

Katarina is on our short list for a girl. I prefer the K spelling because it's original to the German language.

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Catarina is a sweet name.

It's pretty. I personally would use Katherine rather than Catarina (I prefer the K spelling for Katherine.) Catarina would feel forced and artificial for me personally, but objectively I like Catarina as much as I do Katherine.

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The name is very pretty, kind of exotic but not at all hard to say, and definitely more interesting than Katherine et al.
I do prefer Katarina but the c/k question or the e/a question is not that big a deal to me.

I like Catarina. My only concern would be that she might often have her name mispelled as Caterina, which (to me at least) would be the more intuitive spelling if I had just heard her name.

Inconveniently long. Try Catrina.