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babynamesI am officially in love with the nicknames Kasia (KAH-sha) and Katia (KAH-tya). I am from the States, and I have Russian ancestry (to which I really have no strong connection), and no Polish ancestry, and this leads me to ask several questions.
Do you think I need to have Russian or Polish ancestry to use either?
Do you think Katerina would be weird on a Jewish American child?
Do you think they need to be nicknames for Katarzyna/Katerina respectively or do you think they could both work for Katerina? How about just for Katherine?
Do you think either Katia or Kasia work as a standalone name for a Jewish American child?
Personally, my preference (hypothetically, btw), would be a child named Katerina nicknamed one or the other, but I sometimes worry that Katerina is too ethnic for me to use.
Do you think I need to have Russian or Polish ancestry to use either?
Do you think Katerina would be weird on a Jewish American child?
Do you think they need to be nicknames for Katarzyna/Katerina respectively or do you think they could both work for Katerina? How about just for Katherine?
Do you think either Katia or Kasia work as a standalone name for a Jewish American child?
Personally, my preference (hypothetically, btw), would be a child named Katerina nicknamed one or the other, but I sometimes worry that Katerina is too ethnic for me to use.
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