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This was one of my nicknames in art school. The person who gave it to me was not ethnically Slavic or Germanic in any way, nor am I! I can't even remember how or why it was bestowed on me. That's just kind of the way stuff works in art school, people just do things and nothing really makes sense.

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The "tink" part might make this name more difficult to bear if the person wants to be a respectable normie or whatever. But if that isn't a concern, I think it would be fine. As long as you're under no illusions that Katinka will be perceived the same way Katherine is, and you accept that it's a very quirky choice, then I'm sure it would work in the US. Which is like if art school was its own country.