Catriona (pronounced "ka-TREE-nah" is a feminine

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in the English language. It is an

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of the Irish Caitríona or Scottish Gaelic Catrìona, which are forms of the English Katherine.

Bearers of the name

Caitríona

Caitríona Balfe Caitríona Mary Balfe (; born 4 October 1979) is an Irish actress, producer, and former fashion model. She is best known for her starring role as Claire Fraser in the Starz historical drama series '' Outlander'' (2014–present), for which sh ...

, Irish actress and former model *

Caitríona O'Leary Caitríona O'Leary (born 17 November 1969) is an Irish singer known for her performances of Irish traditional music and Early music. Described by Crescendo Magazine as "a fascinating, charismatic singer" and by Toccata-Alte Musik aktuell as a mus ...

, Irish singer *

Caitríona O'Reilly Caitríona O'Reilly (born 1973) is an Irish poet and critic. Life She earned BA and PhD degrees in Archaeology and English at Trinity College, Dublin, where she was awarded a PhD on American poetry, and was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish ...

, Irish poet and critic * Caitríona Ruane, Irish politician *

Caitríona Ryan Caitríona Ryan is a camogie player and an accountant, who played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final. Catríona played in goal on the All-Ireland Senior final team in 2001 against Tipperary. An All-Ireland Colleges medal holder, she went on ...

, Irish camogie player

Caitriona

Caitriona Beggs Caitriona Mary Beggs (born 15 July 1977) is an Irish former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She appeared in one Test match and 61 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Ireland between 1995 and 2008. She al ...

, Irish cricketer * Caitriona Jennings, Irish athlete *

Caitriona Reed Caitriona Reed (born 1949) is a trans woman sensei of Thiền Zen Buddhism who also has a background in Vipassanā meditation. She co-founded Ordinary Dharma in Los Angeles, California; the rural Manzanita Village Retreat Center, located in San D ...

, American Buddhist teacher

Catriona

Catriona Carey Catriona Carey is an Irish former international hockey player and camogie player. Convicted of tax offences in 2008 and of theft and fraud in 2020, in early 2022, '' RTÉ Investigates'' reported that Carey was connected to fraudulent business p ...

, Irish field hockey and camogie player *

Catriona Cuddihy Caitriona Cuddihy (born 5 December 1986 in Kilkenny, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is ...

, Irish athlete *

Catriona Fallon Catriona Fallon is a former American rower. She won the World Championships in 1995 and finished 4th in the women's eight at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known ...

, American rower *

Catriona Forrest Catriona Forrest (born 27 February 1984, in Glasgow) is a female field hockey defender from Scotland. She plays club hockey for Glasgow Western Ladies, and made her debut for the Women's National Team in 2005. Her older brother James represented ...

, Scottish field hockey player *

Catriona Grant Catriona Mary Grant is a former co-chair and former women's officer of the Scottish Socialist Party. She was instrumental in the split from the CWI international which established the SSP during the "Scottish Debate" of the late-90s. She was the ...

, Scottish politician * Catriona Gray, Filipino-Australian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2018 * Catriona Le May Doan, Canadian speedskater * Catriona MacColl, English actress *

Catriona MacDonald Catriona Macdonald is a musician and teacher from Shetland and is considered to be one of the world's leading traditional fiddle players. Background Macdonald started studying fiddle with Dr Tom Anderson MBE in 1981 at age 11 (she consider ...

, traditional fiddle player from Shetland *

Catriona MacInnes Catriona MacInnes is a Scottish film-maker. A graduate of MFA (Advanced Film Practice), Screen Academy Scotland, her graduation film ("I'm In Away From Here") was nominated for the Golden Lion Award in Corto Cortissimo at the 65th Venice Internation ...

, Scottish film-maker *

Catriona Matthew Catriona Isobel Matthew (née Lambert; born 25 August 1969) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the US-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Amateur career Catriona Lambert was born in Edinburgh, a ...

, Scottish professional golfer *

Catriona Millar Catriona Millar (born 1956) is a Scottish figurative painter born in Milngavie, Glasgow. She studied at Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, where her tutors included Joyce Cairns RSA and Keith Grant. Since the success of her 2005 degree show she ha ...

, Scottish painter *

Catriona Morison Catriona Morison (born 1986 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish mezzo-soprano. Early life and education The daughter of a musician mother (Fiona) and a teacher of German (Alan), Morison grew up in Barnton, Edinburgh. Both she and her sister played vio ...

, Scottish opera singer, Winner of Cardiff Singer of the World competition 2017 *

Catriona Morrison Catriona ("Cat") Morrison MBE (born 11 January 1977, in Glasgow) is a Great Britain, British triathlete and duathlete of Scotland, Scottish origin. Career In 2005, she won the silver medal at the ITU Duathlon World Championships. In 2006, she fo ...

, Scottish triathlete *

Catriona Oliver Catriona Sens (née Oliver) (born 2 April 1980 in Sale, Victoria) is an Australian former representative rower. She was a national champion, an underage 2002 world champion, a dual Olympian and won a silver medal at the 2006 World Rowing C ...

, now Sens, Australian rower *

Catriona Power Catríona Power is a camogie player and Occupational Therapist who won Junior All-Ireland championship medals with Dublin in 2005 and 2006. She also captained Naomh Mearnóg from Portmarnock to their first Dublin senior championship title in 2 ...

, Irish camogie player * Catriona Rowntree, now Pettit, Australian television presenter * Catriona Seth (born 1964), British scholar of French literature and the history of ideas *

Catriona Shearer Catriona Shearer is a Scottish broadcast journalist and producer, who was a presenter on BBC Scotland's national news programme ''Reporting Scotland''. Early life Shearer graduated from Edinburgh Napier University with a BA (Hons) degree in ...

, Scottish journalist * Catriona (Cat) Sparks, Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher *

Catriona Sturton Catriona Sturton (born June 8, 1976) is an Ottawa, Ontario–based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She has had a prolific career, performing in bands such as Plumtree and collaborating with artists like Joel Plaskett, Al Tuck, th ...

, Canadian musician

Catrìona

* Catrìona Lexy Chaimbeul, Scottish writer and actor * Catrìona Nic Fhearghais, Scottish Gaelic poet * Catrìona Shaw, Scottish artist and musician {{given name, Caitríona, nocat Given names Irish-language feminine given names Scottish feminine given names English-language feminine given names