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 fa ...
. It is the standard
Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
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 and ...
, 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
The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Sloven ...
form of ''
Katherine
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and Catherina, other variations are feminine Given name, names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria ...
'', and a variant spelling in several other languages.
In
Croatia
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, anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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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 practised ...
''. 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 language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
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 ...
, Slovenian actress
*
Katarina Radivojević
Katarina Radivojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Катарина Радивојевић; born 29 March 1979) is a Serbian actress. She is known for her roles in films such as ''Zona Zamfirova'' and ''Tears for Sale''.
Personal life
Radivojević was ...
, Serbian actress
In royalty:
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Katarina Eriksdotter
Catherine ( sv, Katarina Eriksdotter; 12th-century) was a Swedish princess, daughter of King Eric the Saint and his queen, Christina of Sweden.
Biography
She married Nils Blake, who probably was a Swedish magnate. They had a daughter, Kristina ...
, daughter of the Swedish king Eric the Saint
*
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
Catherine Stenbock (Swedish: ''Katarina Gustavsdotter Stenbock''; 22 July 1535 at Torpa, Tranemo Municipality, Västergötland – 13 December 1621 at Strömsholm, Västmanland) was Queen of Sweden from 1552 to 1560 as the third and last wife of ...
, 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 h ...
, German figure skater
*
Katarina Waters
Katarina Leigh Waters (born 10 November 1980) is a German-born English American professional wrestler and actress. She is best known for her time with Impact Wrestling under the ring names Katarina or Winter and for her time in WWE under the rin ...
, English professional wrestler
*
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 ...
, Slovenian professional tennis player
*
Katarina Tomašević
Katarina Tomašević ( sr-cyr, Катарина Томашевић; née Stevancevic; born 6 February 1984) is a Serbian handballer for the Serbian national team.
Honors
* Austrian Championship:
**''Winner'': 2007
* Serbian Championship:
**''Wi ...
, Serbian handball player
*
Katarina Timglas
Anna Katarina Timglas (born 24 November 1985 in Malmö, Sweden) was a Swedish ice hockey player. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici i ...
, Swedish ice hockey player
*
Katarina Lavtar
Katarina Lavtar (born 23 March 1988) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia.
Lavtar made her World Cup debut March 2009 in Ofterschwang, Germany. She participated at the 2013 World Ski Championships, where she achieved a 27th place in Sla ...
, Slovenian alpine skier
*
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 ...
, Serbian handball player
*
Katarina Vukomanović
Katarina Vukomanović ( sr-cyrl, Катарина Вукомановић; born 26 October 1990) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays the libero (volleyball), libero position. She was part of the Serbia women's national under-18 ...
, Serbian volleyball player
*
Katarina Ježić
Katarina Ježić (born 19 December 1992) is a Croatian handball player for Vipers Kristiansand and the Croatian national team.
She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.
Achievements
*Norwegian Cup
The Norweg ...
, Croatian handball player
*
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson (born 9 January 1993) is an English athlete primarily known as an elite multi-eventer, both as a heptathlete and an indoor pentathlete. She has been World Champion in both disciplines, and a double Commonwealth G ...
, English track and field athlete
*
Katarina Zavatska
Katarina Vitaliivna Zavatska ( uk, Катаріна Віталіївна Завацька; born 5 February 2000) is a Ukrainian tennis player.
Zavatska has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 103, achieved on 3 February 2020, and a career- ...
, Ukrainian tennis player
* Katarina Wolfkostin, 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 ...
, 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 cousi ...
Katarina Luhr
Anna Katarina Monica Luhr (born 8 January 1973) is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Green Party, she has represented Stockholm Municipality since October 2022. She is a member of the munici ...
(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 mix, media franchise centered on a series of fighting game, fighting video and arcade games developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). The franchise also includes film and print adaptations.
The ...
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* 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 seri ...
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 A ...
''
* 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 Mod (video games), custom map for War ...
Katharina
Katharina is a feminine given name. It is a German form of Katherine. It may refer to:
In television and film:
*Katharina Bellowitsch, Austrian radio and TV presenter
* Katharina Mückstein, Austrian film director
*Katharina Thalbach, German actr ...