New baby's name iheard today in docs surgery....

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Catalina

i rather like it....i would imagine it would be Cat or Kitty for short?

Isn't that the Spanish for Catherine? I think it's very pretty.

nice

i like it.

would say it makes a nice change from a nice but very very popluar similar name but shant else i will be jumped on

btw i think its greek.

cute

Which name are you thinking of, Cheesesarnie?

The closest name I can think of is Catriona (think it's the 'eena' sound at the end of both.

there was an ancient roman politician called catalina, he tried to overthrow the republic ... I had to read many many speeches about him by cicero once upon a time.

sounds nice though, I agree

Spelt Katelijne in dutch.

It is DD's middle name . I wanted it as first name but DH reckoned that English people would butcher saying it. DD had a phase of wanting to call herself Katie.

Beautiful name!

Could be Lina for short? Which is nice and different.

The only Catalina I can think of is the mexican girl in My Name is Earl!

what name are you thinking of cheesesarnie - Caitlin?

There's an island off California called Santa Catalina and the name is popular in parts of Latin America I think. I certainly have Mexican and Colombian friends with Catalinas in their families. I also think it's Portuguese.

I think it's a very pretty version of Catherine if you're looking for a version from another language and is a lot nicer than Caitlin.

Katherine of Aragon's name was Catalina.

It's lovely.

Oh, I never knew that about Katherine of Aragon! But Catalina makes me think of Ben Jonson's play, 'Cataline his Conspiracy'.

i think it is actually a really gorgeous name and seems to have received an unusuially positive response on mumsnetters so far. i may remember this one for any future offspring of my own....

I know a Catalina, she is Catty for short. I love the name. I think she was named after an island somewhere in the Pacific.

Catalina was the name of the coupon system at Asda head office! Ie if you bought Persil you might get a coupon for 20p of Bold.
Dunno why it was called that mind you!