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This was my paternal grandmother's name and we pronounced it "Ka-tin-ka" and for short "Tink" or "Tinka". I loved her name and wished I had a girl to give it to, but, I had a son - oh well... Tink was born in Budapest, Hungary early 1911. Her mother returned to the States with her Hungarian daughters in 1913 after a failed marriage.
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Katinka is also used in Hungary as a diminutive of Katalin. Pronounced: KAW-tin-kaw. [noted -ed]
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Also well known in South Africa, among Afrikaans speakers. There is a brilliant actress called Katinka Heyns, for instance.
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This name has also been used frequently in The Netherlands. [noted -ed]
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