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Katarina (given name)

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Gender
  
Female

Meaning
  
pure

Related names
  
Katherine, Catherine

Word/name
  
Russian

Region of origin
  
Moscow

Katarina is a feminine given name. It is the standard Swedish, Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, and Slovenian form of Katherine, and a variant spelling in several other languages. In Croatia, it is the fourth most common female given name, or third if combined with the short form Kata, and in Serbia it is within the 10 most popular names for girls born since 1991. It may refer to:

In acting:

  • Katarina Ewerlöf, Swedish actress
  • Katarina Radivojević, Serbian actress
  • In royalty:

  • Katarina Eriksdotter, the daughter of the Swedish king Eric the Saint
  • Katarina Stenbock, the third and last consort of Gustav I of Sweden and the Queen of Sweden
  • Katarina Kosača-Kotromanić, was Queen of Bosnia as the wife of King Stephen Thomas, the penultimate Bosnian sovereign
  • In sports:

  • Katarina Lavtar, Slovenian alpine skier
  • Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenian professional tennis player who lives in Dubai
  • Katarina Timglas, Swedish ice hockey player
  • Katarina Waters, English professional wrestler
  • Katarina Witt, German figure skater
  • In other fields:

  • Katarina Frostenson, Swedish writer
  • Katarina Ivanovska, Macedonian model
  • Katarina Konstantinović, Serbian noblewoman
  • Katarina Kruhonja, Croatian peace activist
  • Katarina Kosača, Queen consort of Bosnia
  • Katarina MacLeod, Canadian abolitionist
  • In fiction:

  • Katarina (Doctor Who), a character from the television series Doctor Who
  • Katarina Cott, character from Suikoden IV
  • Katarina de Leon, the protagonist in the video game Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat
  • Katarina, the Sinister Blade, a playable champion character in the action real-time strategy video game League of Legends
  • References

    Katarina (given name) Wikipedia