Message: "Obituaries" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Obituaries

by Sofia

9/19/2012, 5:58 PM

FEMALE:

Ana (1922, 1933)
Anka (1930)
Eva (1928)
Inđija (1937)
Ivka (1929, 1935)
Jelica (1927)
Katarina (1926)
Kate (1938)
Ksenija (1952)
Ljubica (1926)
Mara (1930, 1936, 1937)
Marica (1928)
Marija (1934)
Milka (1931, 1934)
Miroslava (1944)
Nada (1924)
Ruža (1947) -see Ruza
Ružica (1919) -see Ruzica

- Pie +1

9/21/2012, 4:47 AM

Kate! I guess she must have been foreign?
Inđija is interesting.

- Sofia

9/22/2012, 1:44 PM

Nope, Kate (pr. KAH-teh) is a legitimate nickname for Katarina here (so are Kata, Katja, Katica, Katinka, etc.).

Inđija is an old-fashioned name for India, it's Indija in modern standard Croatian.

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