ANSTHRLD - Katarina

[Doug Bell]

Some additional arguments for Katarina

Medieval German Given Names from Silesia 
Women's Names by Talan Gwynek
http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/talan/bahlow/bahlowFem.html
under Katherine
Katharina          1348
Katerina           1350

Morlet, Marie-Therese. Les Noms de Personne sur le Territoire 
de L'Ancienne Gaule du VI au XII Siecle. Centre National 
de la Recherche Scientifique:  Paris, 1972. 
Volume 2 page 32 under Catherina dates the name to 1113, 
Caterina to 1113 and Katherina to the 12th century.

De Felice, Emidio. dizionario dei nomi italiani. 
Arnoldo Mondadori: Milan, 1986.
Page 102 under Caterina lists Catarina as a variant.

Withycombe page 186 under Katharine gives Katharina 
and Katerina as Latin forms.

Katharina (the Latin) looks to be the closest that 
could be used with a French name even French forms 
favor the C over the K.  Catarina could also be used
with a French name.

You could try an argument for the spelling Katarina
based on this information.

Magnus von Lübeck
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