Katja is a feminine given name. In Germany, the Netherlands, Flanders, and Scandinavia, it is a pet form of
Katherine.
MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Katja
/ref> Katja may refer to:
Music
*Katja Andy
Katja Andy (born Käthe Aschaffenburg; 23 May 1907 – 30 December 2013) was a German-American classical pianist and piano professor.
Biography Youth and first career steps in Germany
Katja Andy was born Käthe Aschaffenburg in 1907 in Mönchengl ...
(1906–2013), German-American pianist
* Katja Ebstein (born 1945), German singer
* Katja Glieson, Australian recording artist
* Katja Schuurman (born 1975), Dutch actress, singer and television personality
Modelling
* Katja Shchekina (born 1986), Russian supermodel
Politics
* Katja Adler (born 1974), German politician
* Katja Boh (1929–2008), Slovenian sociologist, diplomat, politician
* Katja Kipping (born 1978), German politician, chairwoman of the Left Party
* Katja Husen (1976–2022), German politician
* Katja Suding (born 1975), German politician
Sports
*Katja Demut
Katja Demut (born 21 December 1983) is a German track and field athlete who specialises in the triple jump. She has represented Germany internationally at the European Athletics Indoor Championships and at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics ...
(born 1983), German triple jumper
* Katja Dieckow (born 1984), German diver
* Katja Ebbinghaus (born 1948), German tennis player
*Katja Gerber
Katja Gerber (born 13 December 1975) is a German judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』 ...
(born 1975), German judoka
* Katja Haller (born 1981), Italian professional biathlete
*Katja Keller
Katja Keller (born 9 August 1980, in Karl-Marx-Stadt) is a German heptathlete.
Her personal best is 6130 points, achieved in May 2005 in Götzis.
Achievements
References
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1980 births
Living people
German heptathletes
Universi ...
(born 1980), German heptathlete
* Katja Koren (born 1975), former Slovenian alpine skier
* Katja Kraus (born 1970), German former footballer
* Katja Langkeit (born 1983), German team handball player
* Katja Lehto, Finnish female ice hockey player
* Katja Mayer (born 1968), German triathlete
* Katja Nass (born 1968), German fencer
* Katja Nyberg (born 1979), (naturalized) Norwegian team handball player
* Katja Požun (born 1993), Slovenian ski jumper
* Katja Rajaniemi, Finnish ski-orienteering competitor
* Katja Riipi, Finnish female ice hockey player
* Katja Roose (born 1981), Dutch female professional kite surfer
* Katja Schroffenegger, Italian football goalkeeper
*Katja Schülke
Katja Kramarczyk (née Schülke) (born 18 March 1984) is a German retired handball player for Bayer 04 Leverkusen (handball) and the German national team.
She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2011 World Wom ...
(born 1984), German team handball player
* Katja Seizinger (born 1972), German alpine skier
*Katja Tengel
Katja Tengel (born 27 June 1981 as Katja Wakan in Eisleben, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.
At the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, 2003 World Championships she finished seventh in the 4x100 m relay, to ...
(born 1981), German sprinter
*Katja Trödthandl
Katja Trödthandl (born 18 May 1989) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for SV Neulengbach and the Austria national team. She previously played in the Spanish First Division for Valencia CF. Prior to this she had a first spell ...
, Austrian football midfielder
*Katja Višnar
Katja Višnar (born 21 March 1984) is a Slovenian, former cross-country skier who competed between 2002 and 2020. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 11th in the team sprint, 15th in the 4 × 5 km relay, and 16th in the in ...
(born 1984), Slovenian cross-country skier
*Katja Ziliox
Katja Ziliox (also Zillox; born 25 April 1970) is a retired German swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 1989 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as th ...
(born 1970), retired German swimmer
Other fields
*Katja Danowski
Katja is a feminine given name. In Germany, the Netherlands, Flanders, and Scandinavia, it is a pet form of Katherine (given name), Katherine. Katja may refer to:
Music
*Katja Andy (1906–2013), German-American pianist
*Katja Ebstein (born 194 ...
( de) (born 1974), German actress
*Katja Fennel
Katja Fennel is an oceanographer studying the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems. She is a full professor in the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University, a former Canada Research Chair in marine prediction, and co-editor-in- ...
, marine biologist
* Katja Flint (born 1959), German actress
* Katja Herbers (born 1980), Dutch actress
*Katja Kallio
Katja Elina Kallio (born 17 September 1968) is a Finnish novelist, screenwriter, and columnist. She is the author of seven novels and three short prose collections.
Early life
Katja Kallio was born on 17 September 1968, in Turku.
Career
Kallio h ...
(born 1968), Finnish novelist, journalist, columnist and screenwriter
* (born 1979), German pornographic actress
*Katja Lange-Müller
Katja Lange-Müller (born 13 February 1951) is a German writer living in Berlin. Her works include several short stories and novellas, radio dramas, and dramatic works.
The daughter of Inge Lange, an East German party functionary, Katja Lange- ...
(born 1951), German writer
*Katja Medbøe
Katja Maria Riosianu Medbøe (3 December 1945 – c. 13 November 1996) was a Norway, Norwegian actress.
She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1968, and acted both at Den Nationale Scene and at the Nationalthea ...
(1945–1996), Norwegian actress
*Katja Mragowska
Katja Mragowska (born 1975) is a Polish-German artist based in Stuttgart.
Art career
She is self-taught and motivated by the fragile beauty of the human form. Mragowska has produced life-size metal and resin cast sculptures which she calls abs ...
(born 1975), Polish-German artist
*Katja Pettersson
Katja Pettersson is a Swedish designer who has worked and studied within a broad spectrum of design.
Biography
Before studying industrial design at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack) she worked in theatres and with t ...
, Swedish designer
*Katja Rahlwes
Katja Rahlwes (born 1967, Frankfurt, Germany) is a German fashion photographer, based in Paris.
Biography
Katja Rahlwes left Germany at the age of 16 for London and then moved to Paris in 1988 to study fashion design at Studio Berçot, Paris.
...
(born 1967), German fashion photographer
* Katja Riemann (born 1963), German actress
* Katja Schuurman (born 1975), Dutch television personality
*Katja Špur
Katja Špur (20 November 1908 – 18 December 1991) was a Yugoslav journalist, writer, poet and translator. She wrote poetry, children's books and contributed articles to numerous journals, newspapers and children's magazines. She won the Levsti ...
(1908–1991), Slovene journalist, writer, poet, translator
* Katja Suding (born 1975), German politician
* Katja Thater (born 1966), German poker player
* Katja Tukiainen (born 1969), Finnish artist
* Katja von Garnier (born 1966), German film director
*Katja Woywood
Katja Woywood (born 10 May 1971) is a German actress and former child star in her native land. She started playing in movies and series as a 15 year old girl. Her hobbies are drawing and roller skating. Since episode 189 she plays the new chief ...
(born 1971), German actress, former child star
* Katja Zoch (born 1961), American voice actress
Fictional
* Katja Brandner, fictional character on German soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe''
*Katja Obinger, German clone on the television series''Orphan Blac
An orphan (from the el, ορφανός, orphanós) is a child whose parents have died.
In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usuall ...
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*Northern Crown Katja, fictional fighter in '' Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō'' spinoff
See also
*1113 Katja
1113 Katja, provisional designation , is a background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 39 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Pelageya Shajn at the Simeiz Observatory in 1928, and named after Ekaterina I ...
, main belt asteroid
*Katia
Katia is a feminine given name. It is a variant of Katya.
Notable people with this name
Actresses and models
*Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
* Katia Margaritoglou, Greek fashion model and beauty contestant
* Katia Winter (born 1983), Swed ...
* Katya
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