Katarina (given name)
| Pronunciation | Kat-a-ree-na |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | Pure |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Cyrillic: Катарина, Катаріна |
| Variant form | Katharina |
| Nicknames | Kata (Ката), Kaja |
| Related names | Catarina |
| See also | Katerina, Katherine, Katrina |
Katarina[1] (Cyrillic: Катарина[1]) is a feminine given name. It is the standard Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Swedish, and Slovenian form of Katherine, and a variant spelling in several other languages.[2]
In Croatia, it is the fourth most common female given name, or third if combined with the short form Kata.[3] Historically in Croatia, the name Katarina has been among the most common feminine given names in the decades up to 1939, and then again between 1990 and 1999.[4] In Serbia it is within the 10 most popular names for girls born since 1991.[5]
Notable people
Acting
- Katarina Čas (born 1976), Slovenian actress
- Katarina Cohen (born 1975), Swedish actress
- Katarina Ewerlöf (born 1959), Swedish actress
- Katarina Radivojević (born 1979), Serbian actress
- Katarina Taikon (1932–1995), Swedish actress and writer
- Katarina Van Derham (born 1975), Slovak-American actress and model
- Katarina Žutić (born 1972), Serbian actress
Nobility
- Katarina Branković (1418–1492), Countess of Celje as the wife of Count Ulrich II
- Katarina Eriksdotter (12th century), daughter of the Swedish king Eric the Saint
- Katarina Ingesdotter (12th century), daughter of the Swedish king Inge the Elder
- Katarina Kosača (1424/1425–1478), Queen of Bosnia as the wife of King Stephen Thomas, the penultimate Bosnian sovereign
- Katarina Konstantinović (1848–1910), Serbian noblewoman of the Obrenović dynasty
- Katarina Stenbock (1535–1621), third and last consort of Gustav I of Sweden and the Queen of Sweden
- Katarina Šubić (14th century), Duchess of Legnica-Brzeg as the wife of Bolesław III the Generous
- Katarina Sunesdotter (1215–1252), consort of Erik Eriksson and the Queen of Sweden
- Katarina of Yugoslavia (born 1959), granddaughter of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia
- Katarina Zrinska (1625–1673), Croatian noblewoman and poetess
Politics
- Katarina Barley (born 1968), German politician
- Katarina Brännström (born 1950), Swedish politician
- Katarina Kresal (born 1973), Slovenian politician
- Katarina Kruhonja (born 1949), Croatian peace activist
- Katarina Köhler (born 1954), Swedish politician
- Katarina Luhr (born 1973), Swedish politician
- Katarina Milovuk (1844–1913), Serbian women's rights activist
- Katarina Peović (born 1974), Croatian politician
- Katarina Stensson (born 1988), Swedish politician
- Katarina Tolgfors (born 1967), Swedish politician
- Katarina Tomasevski (1953–2006), Croatian politician and lawyer
Sports
- Katarina Allberg (born 1971), Swedish-Canadian orienteer
- Katarina Arfwidsson (born 1973), Swedish handball player
- Katarina Bartholdson (born 1941), Swedish tennis player
- Katarina Blagojević (1943–2021), Serbian chess player
- Katarina Bulatović (born 1984), Montenegrin handball player
- Katarina Comesaña (born 1992), Peruvian football player
- Katarina DelCamp (born 2004), American-Turkish figure skater
- Katarina Đorđević (born 1995), Serbian footballer
- Katarina Džaferović (born 2002), Montenegrin handball player
- Katarina Gadnik (born 1998), Slovenian football player
- Katarina Gerboldt (born 1989), Russian figure skater
- Katarina Ježić (born 1992), Croatian handball player
- Katarina Johnson-Thompson (born 1993), English track and field athlete
- Katarina Jokić (born 1998), Serbian tennis player
- Katarina Jukic (born 1989), Australian football player
- Katarina Kolar (born 1989), Croatian football player
- Katarina Kowplos (born 2001), Australian sports shooter
- Katarina Krišto (born 2002), Croatian judoka
- Katarina Krpež Šlezak (born 1988), Serbian handball player
- Katarina Lavtar (born 1988), Slovenian alpine skier
- Katarina Lässker (born 1963), Swedish curler
- Katarina Lazić (born 1980), Serbian basketball player
- Katarina Lazović (born 1999), Serbian volleyball player
- Katarina Luketić (born 1998), Croatian volleyball player
- Katarina Mišić (born 1976), Serbian tennis player
- Katarina Naumanen (born 1995), Finnish footballer
- Katarina Nyberg (born 1965), Swedish curler
- Katarina Pavlović (born 1995), Croatian handball player
- Katarina Pranješ (born 2002), Croatian football player
- Katarina Roxon (born 1993), Canadian swimmer
- Katarina Sederholm (born 1968), Finnish-Norwegian shot putter and weightlifter
- Katarina Simonović (born 1994), Serbian swimmer
- Katarina Srebotnik (born 1981), Slovenian professional tennis player
- Katarina Stalin (born 2009), Indonesian-American footballer
- Katarina Strožová (born 1986), Slovak football player
- Katarina Timglas (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player
- Katarina Tomašević (born 1984), Serbian handball player
- Katarina Vukomanović (born 1990), Serbian volleyball player
- Katarina Waters (born 1980), English professional wrestler
- Katarina Witt (born 1965), German figure skater
- Katarina Wolfkostin (born 2004), American ice dancer
- Katarina Zajc (born 1967), Slovenian alpine skier
- Katarina Zavatska (born 2000), Ukrainian tennis player
Other fields
- Katarina Adanja (1921–1989), Serbian art historian
- Katarina Asplund (1690–1758), Finnish pietist
- Katarina Barruk (born 1994), Swedish singer
- Katarina Benzova (born 1987), Slovak photographer
- Katarina Bogdanović (1885–1969), Serbian philosopher
- Katarina Bogićević (born 1998), Montenegrin singer
- Katarina Carroll (born 1963), Australian police officer
- Katarina Cicak (born 1973), Bosnian physicist
- Katarina Durica (born 1983), Hungarian author
- Katarina Erlandsdotter (1771–1848), Swedish artist
- Katarina Frostenson (born 1953), Swedish writer
- Katarina Grujić (born 1992), Serbian singer
- Katarina Gylta (1520–1593), Swedish Bridgettine nun
- Katarina Hultling (born 1954), Swedish journalist
- Katarina Ivanović (1811–1882), Serbian artist
- Katarina Ivanovska (born 1988), Macedonian model
- Katarina Jakobsson (1950–1979), Swedish murder victim
- Katarina Jovanović (1869–1954), Serbian author
- Katarina Juselius (born 1943), Finnish economist
- Katarina Karnéus (born 1965), Swedish opera singer
- Katarina Löfström (born 1970), Swedish artist
- Katarina Matanović-Kulenović (1913–2003), Croatian aviator
- Katarina Mazetti (1944–2025), Swedish journalist
- Katarina Pejak (born 1993), Serbian musician
- Katarina Rodriguez (born 1992), Filipino beauty queen
- Katarina Sandström (born 1974), Swedish journalist
- Katarina Svanberg (born 1944), Swedish scientist
- Katarina Wennstam (born 1973), Swedish journalist
- Katarina Kuini Whare-rau-aruhe Te Tau (1899–1998), New Zealand tribal leader
- Katarina Živković (born 1989), Serbian singer
- Katarina Zupančič (1860–1918), Slovenian straw plaiter and singer
Fictional characters
- Katarina, a character in the television series Doctor Who
- Katarina Alves, a character in the video game series Tekken
- Katarina, a character in the anime Sailor Moon
- Katarina Cott, a character in the video game Suikoden IV
- Katarina de Leon, a character in the video game Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat
- Katarina du Couteau, a character in the video game League of Legends
- Katarina Claes, a character in the light novel My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
- Katarina, a character in the video game Conduit 2
See also
- Katharina
- List of storms named Katrina
- All pages with titles containing Katarina
References
- 1 2 Behind the Name – Katarina
- ↑ MFnames.com – Origin and Meaning of Katarina
- ↑ Croatian Central Bureau of Statistics – Women and Men in Croatia
- ↑ "Most frequent male and female given names by year of birth, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ↑ Most popular Serbian names – Census 2011