Caterina 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 f ...
which is an
Italian
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form of the name ''
Katherine
Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and Catherina, other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Ch ...
''.
Notable people with the name include:
In music:
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Caterina Assandra
Caterina Assandra ( – after 1618) was an Italian composer and Benedictine nun. In her surviving motet book, ''Motetti a due a tre voci op.2'', Assandra alludes to her birthplace being in the Province of Pavia. She became famous as an organist an ...
, Italian composer and Benedictine nun
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Caterina Bueno
Caterina Bueno (2 April 1943 – 16 July 2007) was an Italian singer and folk music historian.
Biography
Starting in the 1960s, her research and performances of Italian folk songs, particularly those of Tuscany, are credited to bringing a new awa ...
, Italian singer and folk music historian
* Caterina Caselli, Italian singer and music producer
* Caterina Cavalieri, Austrian soprano
* Caterina Jarboro, pioneering African American opera singer
* Caterina Mete, Australian children's entertainer, The Wiggles
* Caterina Valente, French-born singer and dancer
In education:
* Caterina Mieras, teacher at the Teacher Training School of the Balearic Islands
In acting:
* Caterina Murino, Italian actress
* Caterina Scorsone, Canadian actress
In sports:
* Kateřina Baďurová, Czech pole vaulter
* Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
In other fields:
* Caterina Appiani, lady of Piombino
* Caterina Consani, Italian mathematician
* Caterina dei Virgi, aristocratic Bolognese woman raised in the court of Bologna
* Caterina Fake, American businesswoman and entrepreneur
* Caterina Sforza, countess of Forlì
In literature:
* The Thief Lord#Characters, Caterina "Hornet" Grimani, character in Cornelia Funke, Cornelia Funke's novel ''The Thief Lord''
Songs about people named Caterina
*"Caterina (song), Caterina" by Perry Como, 1962
*"Aman Caterina mou" by Haris Alexiou
*"Caterina Caterinaki" by Michalis Rakintzis
*"Pame gia ypno Caterina" by Giannis Poulopoulos
*"Vgainei i Caterina" by Aliki Vougiouklaki and Lavrentis Dianellos
*"Aummo Aummo" by Renzo Arbore
References
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Italian feminine given names
Feminine given names