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: Катерина, ''Katerina'') is a feminine

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. It is a Greek variant of '' Ekaterini'' and a Russian and Bulgarian short form of '' Ekaterina'' or ''Yekaterina''. The name ''Katerina'' is often associated with the Greek word ''katharos'', meaning "pure" (see: Katherine#Origin and meaning).

Notable people

Notable people named Katerina include: *

Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke ( el, Κατερίνα Αγγελάκη-Ρουκ; 22 February 1939 – 21 January 2020) was a Greek poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as ...

(1939-2020) Greek poet, translator and lecturer * Katerina Bassi (born 1977), Greek taekwondo athlete *

Katerina Batzeli Aikaterini Batzeli ( el, Αικατερίνη Μπατζελή) (b. 25 May 1958, Athens) is a Greek politician, Member of Parliament in Greece and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, part of ...

(born 1958), Greek politician *

Aikaterini Bliamou Aikaterini ("Katerina") Bliamou (; born 15 October 1982 in Central Macedonia) is a former female backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Greece. She won a bronze medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented her native country at the 2 ...

(born 1982), Greek swimmer *

Katerina Dalaka Katerina Dalaka ( el, Κατερίνα Δαλάκα, born August 20, 1992, in Munich, Germany) is a Greek hurdler. With origins from Katerini Katerini ( el, Κατερίνη, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the ...

(born 1992), Greek hurdler * Katerina Deli (born 1975), Greek former basketball player *

Katerina Didaskalou Katerina Didaskalou (Greek: Κατερίνα Διδασκάλου) (born 29 December 1960 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek theatre, stage, television and film actress. She studied dramatic arts and philosophy in Athens and went on to study cinema and ...

(born 1960), Greek actress *

Katerina Georgiadou Katerina Georgiadou ( el, Κατερίνα Γεωργιάδου) (born 1982 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a former Miss Greece and fashion model who has appeared in fashion magazines and international events. Background Georgiadou lives in Argyrou ...

(born 1982), Greek fashion model *

Katerina Giota Katerina Giota ( gr, Κατερίνα Γιώτα; born July 3, 1990 in St. Petersburg, Russia) is a female professional volleyball player from Greece, who is a member of the Greece women's national volleyball team. At club level, she plays in H ...

(born 1990), Greek volleyball player *

Katerina Gogou Katerina Gogou ( el, Κατερίνα Γώγου; 1940–1993) was a Greece, Greek poet, author and actress. Early life From the age of 5 years she started playing in children's plays. However she did not spend pleasant childhood years due to ...

(1940-1993) Greek poet, author and actress *

Katerina Graham Katerina Alexandre Hartford Graham (born September 5, 1989) is an American actress, singer and dancer (now distributing music under the stage name Toro Gato). She is widely known for her role as Bonnie Bennett on The CW supernatural drama seri ...

, American actress, singer and model *

Katerina Harvati Katerina Harvati ( el, Κατερίνα Χαρβάτη; born 1970 in Athens) is a Greek paleoanthropologist and expert in early human evolution. She specializes in the broad application of 3-D geometric morphometric and virtual anthropology method ...

(born 1970), Greek paleoanthropologist *

Katerina Kanonidou Katerina Kanonidou ( el, Κατερίνα Κανονίδου) is one of Greece's top fashion models. Along her twin sister Angeliki they have appeared in many Greek and international fashion magazines and events. In 2001 she was voted as one of the ...

, Greek fashion model *

Katerina Kechris Katerina Joanna Kechris is an American statistician, a professor of biostatistics and informatics in the Colorado School of Public Health, and a regional president of the International Biometric Society. Her research focuses on the use of omics ...

, American statistician * Katerina Koffa (born 1969), retired Greek sprinter * Katerina Kontochristopoulou (born 1997), Greek fencer *

Katerina Lehou Katerina Lehou or Katerina Lechou (Greek: Κατερίνα Λέχου) is a Greek actress who has been in many theatrical plays, films, and Greek television series. Biography Lehou was born on September 5, 1967, in Athens, Greece. During her ch ...

(born 1967), Greek actress *

Katerina Maleeva Katerina Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Катерина Георгиева Малеева; born 7 May 1969) is a former top 10 Bulgarian tennis player. She won eleven singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles. Her best position in the WTA rankings was ...

, Bulgarian tennis player *

Katerina Michalopoulou Katerina Michalopoulou (born c. 1972), in Greek: ''Κατερίνα Μιχαλοπούλου'', was the winner of the "Greek Woman 1991" title (Greek: "Ελληνίδα 1991") in the Star Hellas/Miss Hellas/Miss Young Pageant in 1991. She went o ...

(born 1972), Greek Miss Hellas winner * Katerina Moutsatsou (born 1972), Greek actress * Katerina Nikolaidou (born 1992) Greek rower athlete *

Katerina Papakosta Katerina Papakosta ( el, Κατερίνα Παπακώστα, 19 January 1961) is a Greek politician and former MP. She is the president of the (NEO), while she had served as Deputy Minister of Civil Protection in the second cabinet of Alexis ...

(born 1961), greek politician * Kateřina Pivoňková, Czech backstroke swimmer *

Katerina Sakellaropoulou Katerina Sakellaropoulou ( el, Κατερίνα Σακελλαροπούλου, Latn, el, Katerína Sakellaropoúlou, ; born 30 May 1956) is a Greek judge who has been the president of Greece since 13 March 2020. She was elected by the Hellenic ...

(born 1956), Greek judge, President of Greece *

Katerina Savvaidou Katerina Savvaidou ( el, Κατερίνα Σαββαΐδου) is a Greek lawyer who served as the Ministry of Finance (Greece), Secretary General of Public Revenue in the Ministry of Finance (Greece), Ministry of Finance from 24 June 2014 to 22 ...

(born 1972), Greek politician * Katerina Sotiriou (born 1984), Greek basketball player * Katerina Stefanidi (born 1990), Greek pole vaulter *

Katerina Stikoudi Katerina Stikoudi ( el, Κατερίνα Στικούδη; 16 April 1985) is a Greek singer, model, actress, television host and ex-athlete on swimming. Stikoudi first gained media attention, in 2005, when she took part on Miss Star Hellas beauty ...

(born 1985) Greek fashion model *

Katerina Thanou Ekaterini Thanou ( el, Αικατερίνη Θάνου, ; born 1 February 1975), also known as Katerina Thanou, is a Greek former sprinter. She won numerous medals in the 100 metres, including an Olympic silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics ...

(born 1975), Greek sprinter * Katerina Voggoli (born 1970), Greek retired discus thrower *

Katerina Yioulaki Katerina Yioulaki ( el, Κατερίνα Γιουλάκη, born Aikaterini Yiouvarlaki (Αικατερίνη Γιουβαρλάκη) 27 March 1937 in Athens) is a Greek actress. Biography She was born in 1938 in Athens. She studied at the Dram ...

(born 1938), Greek actress Other: *

Katerini Katerini ( el, Κατερίνη, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Pieria regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, ...

, a city in Greece, formerly named Katerina * ''Katerina'', a novel by Israeli author

Aharon Appelfeld Aharon Appelfeld ( he, אהרן אפלפלד; born Ervin Appelfeld; February 16, 1932 – January 4, 2018) was an Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor. Biography Ervin Appelfeld was born in Jadova Commune, Storojineț County, in the Bukovina ...

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Katerina , ''Katerína'' , nickname = , variant forms = Katherina , related names = Caterina , seealso = Katarina, Ekaterina, Yekaterina, Katherine, Katrina, , wikt = , footnotes = Katerina (Greek: Κατερίνα, ''Katerína''; Russian ...

", a season two episode of the TV series ''The Vampire Diaries'' ** Katerina Petrova, AKA Katherine Pierce, a character in ''

The Vampire Diaries ''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural teen drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson (screenwriter), Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the The Vampire Diaries (novel series), book series ...

'' that the episode centers around * Katarina, a companion in ''Doctor Who''

Songs about Katerina

*"Aman, Katerina mou" las, my Katerinaby

Stellakis Perpiniadis Stelios Perpiniadis (; 14 May 1899 – 4 September 1977), better known as Stellakis (Greek: Στελλάκης), was a Greek folk musician who wrote, sang, and played guitar in the '' rebetiko'' style. He was the father of Greek folk musician, Vang ...

*"Ego kai i Katerina"

e and Katerina E, or e, is the fifth letter and the second vowel letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''e'' (pronounced ); plura ...

by Mihalis Violaris *"H Katerina" by Dimitris Zevgas *"Katerina Katerinaki" by Paschalis *"Katerina Thessalonikia" aterina from Thessalonikiby Vasilis Tsitsanis *"Katerina" by Aliki Vougiouklaki *"Katerina" by Nikos Oikonomidis *"Katerina" by Stk *"Katerina" by Yiannis Savvidakis *"Katerina, karderina" aterina, the goldfinchby

Chronis Aidonidis Chronis Aidonidis ( el, Χρόνης Αηδονίδης) is a Greek singer born on December 23, 1928 in Karoti, a village now belonging to Didymoteicho, in Greece. His parents were Christos and Chrysanthi Aidonidis. He learned his first songs in ...

*"Katerino Mome" by Gloria & Nikolay Slaveev *" Katyusha" Russian folk song *"Mila, Katerina" peak, Katerinaby

Manolis Mitsias Manolis Mitsias (Greek: Μανώλης Μητσιάς, ; born 26 February 1946) is a Greek singer. He has been a significant artistic presence in the laïko, light laïko and entekhno genres of modern Greek music. Early life Mitsias was born i ...

*"Omorfi mou Katerina"

y pretty Katerina Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or seventh ...

by Antonis Kalogiannis *"Pame gia ypno, Katerina" et's go to sleep, Katerinaby

Giannis Poulopoulos Giannis Poulopoulos (Greek: Γιάννης Πουλόπουλος, a.k.a. John Poulopoulos; 29 June 1941 – 23 August 2020) was a Greek singer-songwriter, who had several hits in Greece during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. In terms of total al ...

*"Rina Katerina mou"

y Rina Katerina Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or seventh ...

Dimitra Galani Dimitra Galani ( el, Δήμητρα Γαλανή) is a Greek singer and songwriter. Galani was born 1952 in Athens and began her musical career at the age of 16 providing vocals on several tracks of Dimos Moutsis and Nikos Gatsos on the album "A ...

*"Rina Katerina" by

Kostas Bigalis Kostas (or Costas) Bigalis (Greek: Κώστας Μπίγαλης, born 15 March 1953 in Athens) is a Greek composer and singer. Biography He began his artistic career at the age of 19 when he was won a music competition and signed his first co ...

*"Ta matia sou Katerinio" our eyes, Katerinaby

Michalis Violaris Michalis Kyriakou ( el, Μιχάλης Κυριάκου), known by his stage-name Michalis Violaris () (born 9 January 1944 Agia Varvara, Nicosia Cyprus), is a popular singer and composer of modern Greek and Cypriot music. He is also a pioneer r ...

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

- Katerina" by Stelios Dionysiou *"To Katerinio" by

Chainides Chainides ( el, Χαΐνηδες) is a Cretan folk music group who are inspired by the vast legacy of traditional Cretan music and whose lyrics borrow words from the Cretan Greek dialect. The group's name is the plural of the word ''chaínis'' ( ...

*"To oneiro tis Katerinas" aterina's dreamby

*"Tora pou smigoun oi kairoi (Katerinio)" by Nikos Ksylouris

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