KatarinaBehind the Name - Katarina /ref> () is a 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 ...
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...
, and
Slovenian
Slovene or Slovenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe
* Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia
* Slovenes, an ethno-linguistic group mainly living in Slovenia
* Sl ...
form of ''
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 ...
'', and a variant spelling in several other languages.
In
Croatia
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, it is the fourth most common female given name, or third if combined with the short form ''
Kata
''Kata'' is a Japanese word ( 型 or 形) meaning "form". It refers to a detailed choreographed pattern of martial arts movements made to be practised alone. It can also be reviewed within groups and in unison when training. It is practise ...
''. 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
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu ...
it is within the 10 most popular names for girls born since 1991.Most popular Serbian names - Census 2011 /ref>
Notable people with the given name include:
In acting:
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Katarina Ewerlöf
Annette Elsa Katarina Ewerlöf (born 28 December 1959) is a Swedish actress. She began acting in theater when she was 13 years old at Vår teater, a children's theater in Stockholm. Ewerlöf was educated at the theater university at the Stockho ...
, Swedish actress
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Katarina Čas
Katarina Čas (; born 23 September 1976) is a Slovenian actress.
Early life
Čas was born in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia, then part of Yugoslavia. Cas is the daughter of Miran Čas (July 22, 1952, Slovenj Gradec - February 23, 2015, Ljubljana), a f ...
Katarina Kosača
Catherine of Bosnia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Katarina Kosača, Катарина Косача; 1424/1425 – 25 October 1478) was Queen of Bosnia as the wife of King Thomas, the penultimate Bosnian sovereign. She was born into the powerful ...
, Queen of Bosnia as the wife of King Stephen Thomas, the penultimate Bosnian sovereign
* Katarina Stenbock, third and last consort of Gustav I of Sweden and the Queen of Sweden
In sports:
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Katarina Witt
Katarina Witt (, ; born 3 December 1965) is a German former figure skater. A two-time Olympic champion, Witt is regarded as one of the greatest ladies' singles figure skaters of all time. Her Laureus profile states "she is remembered most for ...
, German figure skater
* Katarina Waters, English professional wrestler
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Katarina Srebotnik
Katarina Srebotnik (born 12 March 1981) is a Slovenian retired professional tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on 7 August 2006. On 4 July 2011, she reached No. 1 of the WTA doubles rankings, holding this ...
Katarina Krpež Slezak
Katarina may refer to:
Geography
* Katarina-Sofia borough, a borough in central Stockholm
* Topol pri Medvodah, a settlement in the Municipality of Medvode, Slovenia, known as Katarina
People
* Katarina (given name)
* Katarina (''Doctor Who''), a ...
Katarina Wolfkostin
Katarina Wolfkostin (born October 9, 2004) is an American ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Jeffrey Chen, she was the 2021 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 2021 U.S. junior national champion, the 2021 ISU Junior Grand Prix in France, ...
, American ice dancer
In other fields:
*
Katarina Carroll
Katarina Ruzh Carroll (nee Bošnjak) (born 17 November 1963) is an Australian police officer and the Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service since July 2019. She is the first female commissioner of QPS. She was formerly the Commissioner o ...
, Australian police officer
* Katarina Cicak, Bosnian physicist
*
Katarina Frostenson
Alma Katarina Frostenson Arnault (born 5 March 1953) is a Swedish poet and writer. She was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1992 to 2019. In 2003, Frostenson was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in France in recognition of her serv ...
, Swedish writer
* Katarina Köhler (born 1954), Swedish politician
*
Katarina Konstantinović
Katarina Konstantinović (Serbian Cyrillic; Катарина Константиновић; 1848–1910) was a Serbian noblewoman and a descendant of the Obrenović dynasty as the daughter of Princess Anka Obrenović. She was also the first cousin ...
, Serbian noblewoman
* Katarina Ivanovska, Macedonian model
* Katarina Kruhonja, Croatian peace activist
* Katarina Luhr (born 1973), Swedish politician
In fiction:
* Katarina ''(Doctor Who)'', early companion in the British television series ''Doctor Who''
* Katarina Alves in the video game series ''
Tekken
is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting video and arcade games developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). The franchise also includes film and print adaptations.
The main games in the series ...
''
* Katarina in the anime ''
Sailor Moon
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from 1991 to 1997; the 52 individual chapters were published in 18 volumes. The se ...
Suikoden IV
is a role-playing video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and published by Konami exclusively for the PlayStation 2 video game console and is the fourth installment of the '' Suikoden'' video game series. It was released in ...
''
* Katarina de Leon, the protagonist in the video game '' Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat''
* Katarina du Couteau, the Sinister Blade, a playable champion character in the MOBA video game ''
League of Legends
''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by '' Defense of the Ancients'', a custom map for ''Warcraft III'', ...