ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1160 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1160 ************************************ 11 Aug 1998 From: (Josh Mittleman) Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked for information about the name or , which you recalled finding in a book on German history. Here is what we have found. and are clearly variations on the name , which was found in one form or another in almost every European language. If you know which period culture interests you, we can probably provide an appropriate form of the name. Since you mentioned German, here are some German forms of the name [1, 2]: Katherine 1366, 15th century Katherin 1337 Katheryn 1383 Katharina 1348 Katerina 1350 Keterlyn 1366 We do not know of any form of which is pronounced \kah-tree-OH-na\ or \kah-tree-AH-na\. There is a Gaelic name, , which is often mis-pronounced that way, but it is correctly pronounced \kah-TREE-nah\ [3]. I hope this letter has been useful. Please write us again if any part of it has been unclear or if you have other questions. I was assisted in researching and writing this letter by Walraven van Nijmegen. For the Academy, Arval Benicoeur 11 Aug 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References [1] Talan Gwynek, "Medieval German Given Names from Silesia" (WWW: SCA, Inc., 1998). http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/bahlow_v.htm [2] Talan Gwynek, "15th-Century German Women's Names" (WWW: Academy of Saint Gabriel, 1997). http://www.us.itd.umich.edu/~ximenez/s.gabriel/docs/german15f.html [3] O/ Corra/in, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire, _Irish Names_ (Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 1990). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -