Ekaterina is a Russian feminine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
, and an alternative transliteration of the
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
''Yekaterina''.
MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Ekaterina
/ref> Katya and Katyusha are common diminutive forms of Ekaterina. Notable people with the name can be found below.
Arts
* Ekaterina Medvedeva (born 1937), Russian naïve painter
*Ekaterina Sedia
Ekaterina Sedia (born July 9, 1970) is a Russian fantasy writer. She immigrated to the United States and attended college in New Jersey to obtain her Ph.D. Her most famous work is ''The Alchemy of Stone'', a steampunk novel that examines sexism a ...
(born 1970), Russian fantasy author
Sports
*Yekaterina Abramova
Yekaterina Konstantinovna Abramova (russian: Екатери́на Константи́новна Абра́мова; born 14 April 1982) is a Russian speed skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors ra ...
(born 1982), Russian speed skater
*Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova ( rus, Екатери́на Евге́ньевна Александро́ва, links=no; ; born 15 November 1994) is a Russian professional tennis player.
She has won three WTA singles titles, three WTA 125 titl ...
(born 1997), Russian professional tennis player
*Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya
Ekaterina Dmitriyevna Alexandrovskaya (russian: Екатери́на Дми́триевна Алекса́ндровская; 1January 200018July 2020) was a Russian-Australian pair skater. With her skating partner, Harley Windsor, she was th ...
(2000–2020), Russian-Australian pairs skater
* Ekaterina Anikeeva (born 1969), Russian water polo player
*Ekaterina Bychkova
Ekaterina Andreevna Bychkova (russian: Екатерина Андреевна Бычкова; born 5 June 1985) is an inactive tennis player from Russia.
In her career, Bychkova won ten singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 20 F ...
(born 1985), Russian professional tennis player
*Ekaterina Dafovska
Ekaterina Dafovska ( bg, Екатерина Дафовска) (born 28 November 1975, Chepelare, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian biathlete. She took up the biathlon in 1992. She made the national team in 1993 and came in 29th in the 15-kilometer ...
(born 1975), Bulgarian biathlete
*Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Ekaterina Dzehalevich ( be, Кацярына Міхайлаўна Дзегалевіч; russian: Екатерина Михайловна Деголевич; born 3 May 1986) is a former professional Belarusian tennis player. Her career-high singl ...
(born 1986), Belarusian professional tennis player
*Yekaterina Gamova
Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova (russian: Екатерина Александровна Гамова; born 17 October 1980) is a retired Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the Russian national team that won the gold medals at the 20 ...
(born 1980), Russian volleyball player
*Ekaterina Gordeeva
Ekaterina "Katia" Alexandrovna Gordeeva (russian: Екатерина Александровна Гордеева; born 28 May 1971) is a Russian figure skater. Together with her husband, the late Sergei Grinkov, she was the 1988 and 1994 Olymp ...
(born 1971), Russian Olympic and World figure skating champion
*Ekaterina Ivanova (biathlete)
Ekaterina Vinogradova (née Ivanova) ( be, Кацярына Іванова, russian: Екатерина Геннадьевна Иванова, hy, Եկատերինա Վինոգրադովա, ''Ekaterina G. Ivanova'') (born September 3, 1977 in ...
(born 1977), Belarusian biathlete
*Ekaterina Ivanova (tennis)
Ekaterina Lopes (née Ivanova; born 18 December 1987) is a Russian former tennis player.
Her highest WTA rankings
The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975.
Iga Świątek is the ...
(born 1987), Bychkova's Russian compatriot and professional tennis player
* Ekaterina Karsten (born 1972), Belarusian rower
* Yekaterina Khramenkova (born 1956), Soviet long-distance runner
*Ekaterina Kramarenko
Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Kramarenko (russian: Екатерина Александровна Крамаренко, born April 22, 1991 in St Petersburg) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2007 European bronze medalist on the uneven bars an ...
(born 1991), Russian artistic gymnast
*Yekaterina Lobaznyuk
Ekaterina Vladimirovna Lobaznyuk (russian: Екатерина Владимировна Лобазнюк; born June 10, 1983 in Fergana, Uzbek SSR, USSR) is a former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney ...
(born 1983), Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney
*Yekaterina Lobysheva
Yekaterina Alexandrovna Lobysheva (russian: Екатерина Александровна Лобышева; born 13 March 1985) is a retired Russian speed skater. She won bronze medals in the team pursuit at the 2006 and 2014 Winter Olympics.
Ca ...
(born 1985), Russian speed skater
*Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova ( rus, Екатери́на Вале́рьевна Мака́рова; ; born 7 June 1988) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and world No. 8 in singles.
She ...
(born 1988), Ivanova's Russian compatriot and professional tennis player
* Ekaterina Nikolaidou (born 1992), Greek rower
Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...
athlete
*Yekaterina Podkopayeva Yekaterina Ilyinychna Podkopayeva (russian: Екатерина Подкопаева; born 11 June 1952 in Moscow) is a retired middle distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia. She gained international recognition in 1983, when she w ...
(born 1952), middle-distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia
*Ekaterina Shatnaya
Yekaterina ("Katya") Shatnaya (born February 21, 1979 in Almaty) is an athlete from Kazakhstan, who competes in triathlon. Shatnaya competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θεριν ...
(born 1979), Kazakhstani athlete
*Yekaterina Smirnova
Yekaterina Smirnova (born October 22, 1956) is a retired heptathlete who competed for the Soviet Union during her career. She twice won the gold medal at the Summer Universiade. Smirnova set her personal best (6493 points) in the heptathlon on 19 ...
(born 1956), Soviet heptathlete
*Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Vasilieva
Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Vasilieva (russian: Екатерина Александровна Васильева, born May 30, 1976 in Moscow) is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Now she plays in Rar ...
(born 1976), Russian water polo player
*Ekaterina Vandaryeva
Ekaterina Vandaryeva (born January 20, 1991) is a Belarusian kickboxer who defeated future UFC champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk in a controversial judges' decision to become the WKN champion in 2011.
Career
Before participating in Muay Thai, Ekat ...
, a Russian kickboxer
*Ekaterina Selezneva
Ekaterina Sergeevna Selezneva (russian: Екатери́на Серге́евна Селезнёва, ''Yekaterina Sergeyevna Seleznyova''; born May 18, 1995 in Pushkino, Pushkinsky District, Moscow Oblast) is a Russian individual rhythmic gym ...
(born 1995), Russian rhythmic gymnast
Politics
* Catherine the Great in Russian called as ''Yekaterina Velikaya''
*Ekaterina Furtseva
Yekaterina Alexeyevna Furtseva (russian: Екатерина Алексеевна Фурцева; 7 December 1910 – 24 October 1974) was a Soviet Union, Soviet politician and the second woman to be admitted as secretary of the Central Committ ...
(1910–1974), first woman to be admitted into Politburo
*Ekaterina Kalinina
Ekaterina Kalinina (russian: Екатерина Ивановна Калинина; Lorberg; 2 July 1882 – 22 December 1960) was the wife of Soviet politician Mikhail Kalinin, the chair of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and formally the he ...
(1882-1960), Soviet politician and First Lady of the Soviet Union
* Yekaterina Kuskova (1869–1958), Russian Marxist political figure
*Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova
Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova (russian: Екатери́на Рома́новна Воронцо́ва) (28 March, 1743 – 15 January, 1810) This source reports that Prince Dashkov died in 1761. was an influential noblewoman, a major figure o ...
(1743–1810), the closest female friend of Empress Catherine the Great
* Ekaterina Svanidze (1880–1907), Georgian first wife of Joseph Stalin
* Eka (Ekaterine) Tkeshelashvili (born 1977), Georgian jurist and former minister of foreign affairs of Georgia
Other fields
* Yekaterina Geltzer (1876–1962), prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet who danced in the theatre from 1898 to 1935
*Yekaterina Golubeva
Yekaterina Nikolaevna Golubeva (russian: Екатери́на Никола́евна Го́лубева; 9 October 1966 – August 2011), usually credited as Katerina Golubeva or Katia Golubeva, was a Russian actress who moved to Paris and b ...
(1966–2011), Russian actress
*Ekaterina 'Katia' Ivanova (born 1988), Kazakh-born English model and contestant on Celebrity Big Brother 2010
* Ekaterina Korbut, woman Grandmaster of chess
*Ekaterina Maximova
Ekaterina Sergeevna Maximova (russian: Екатерина Сергеевна Максимова; 1 February 1939 – 28 April 2009) was a Soviet and Russian ballerina of the second part of the 20th century who was internationally recognised. Sh ...
(1939–2009), Russian ballerina
* Ekaterina Peshkova (1887–1965), Russian human rights activist and humanitarian
* Ekaterina Polovnikova-Atalik (born 1982), Russian-Turkish Grandmaster of chess
* Ekaterina Zelyonaya (1902–1991), Soviet actress and singer of Ukrainian ancestry
* Yekaterina 'Katya' Petrovna Zamolodchikova (born 1982), American drag queen and actor
Fictional characters
* Yekaterina "Katya" Derevko
*Ekaterina Golovkina, a character in the ''Life
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*Ekaterina Dmitrievna Smokovnikova, '' The Road to Calvary''
*Kate Daniels from the Magic Series by Ilona Andrew's. Kate' real name is Ekaterina, but she always calls herself Kate.
*Ekaterina Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya (Kitty), a character in Anna Karenina
''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writt ...
See also
*Katherine
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria.
In the early Christ ...
* Ekaterina (novel), a novel by Donald Harington
*Ekaterina (TV series)
''Ekaterina'' is a 2014 Russia-1 historical television series starring Marina Aleksandrova as the eventual Russian empress Catherine the Great. The first season tells the story of princess Sophie Friederike Auguste, and her rise to power to be ...
, based on the life of Catherine the Great
*Ekaterina, branch in the Cahill family (''The 39 Clues
''The 39 Clues'' is a series of adventure novels written by a collaboration of authors, including Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, Patrick Carman, Linda Sue Park, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Roland Smith, David Baldacci, J ...
'')
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