Katarina (given name) explained
Katarina[1] is a feminine given name. It is the standard Swedish, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, 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. In Serbia it is within the 10 most popular names for girls born since 1991.[4]
Notable people with the given name include:
In acting:
In royalty:
In sports:
- Katarina Witt, German figure skater
- Katarina Waters, English professional wrestler
- Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenian professional tennis player
- Katarina Tomašević, Serbian handball player
- Katarina Timglas, Swedish ice hockey player
- Katarina Lavtar, Slovenian alpine skier
- Katarina Krpež Slezak, Serbian handball player
- Katarina Vukomanović, Serbian volleyball player
- Katarina Ježić, Croatian handball player
- Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English track and field athlete
- Katarina Zavatska, Ukrainian tennis player
- Katarina Wolfkostin, American ice dancer
In other fields:
In fiction:
- 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
- Katarina du Couteau, a character in the video game League of Legends
- Katarina Claes, a character in the light novel
- Katarina, a character in the video game Conduit 2
See also
References
- http://www.behindthename.com/name/katarina Behind the Name - Katarina
- http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/k/origin-and-meaning-of-katarina.htm MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Katarina
- http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv_Eng/menandwomen/men_and_women_2010.pdf Croatian Central Bureau of Statistics - Women and Men in Croatia
- http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/overakorisnika/ok.aspx?knjigaId=3&jezik=sr-cir Most popular Serbian names - Census 2011