# Karina = Katherine URL

*The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 15 Apr 1999*

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### Robert Borski
*15 Apr 1999, 22:23*

> Re: Roy's identification of the Carina the Contessa as Catherine. Here,
> on
> the other hand, I think Roy's arguments are most sound and parallel my
> own.
> Karina, after all, is Danish for Katherine--surely this is no
> coincidence,
> eh Tony Ellis?

<Robert was kind enough to quote me his reference for this Carina =
Catherine
identification, and, ingrate that I am, I have to say I find it pretty
tenuous. It
goes:
    Carina = Karina = variation on Karen = Danish form of Katherine
None of the Danish Name sites I found on the Web (of which there are a
surprising
number) made even this second-hand association.>

Tony:

Now that I look once more at THE ULTIMATE BABY NAME BOOK, it appears I may
have mixed up my Scandinavian countries, Karina being *Swedish* for
Katherine, not Danish. 

Irrespective of country, however, Karina DOES derive from Katherine.

Go to http://www.babyzone.com/babynames/namesearch.htm and enter Karina in
the search field. You'll get three different listings, all of which claim
Karina is a variant of Katherine. 

I also find your "If it's not on the web, it can't be true" approach
somewhat scary for a man of your intelligence. 

Room for any more seraphs on this pin?

Robert Borski

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