Katia is a feminine given name. It is a variant of

Katya Katya is a feminine given name. It is a very popular name in Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia, and North Macedonia. It is a Russian diminutive form of Ekaterina, Yekaterina, which is a Russian form of Katherine (given name), Katherine.This name is ...

Notable people with this name

Actresses and models

* Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress * Katia Margaritoglou, Greek fashion model and beauty contestant *

Katia Winter Katia Winter (born 13 October 1983) is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her roles as Nadia in the Showtime series ''Dexter'' (2012), Katrina Crane in the Fox series '' Sleepy Hollow'' (2013–15), Freydís Eiríksdóttir in The CW se ...

(born 1983), Swedish actress

Athletes

* Katia Belabas (born 1996), Algerian sailor *

Katia Benth Katia Benth (born 16 November 1975 in Cayenne) is a retired sprinting athlete from French Guiana, who represented France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas ...

(born 1985), French sprinting athlete *

Katia Gutiérrez Katia Gutiérrez (born 29 April 1989) is a Mexican professional boxer who held the IBF female mini flyweight title from 2011 to 2013. She also challenged for the IBF female junior flyweight title in 2011; the WBC female mini flyweight title i ...

(born 1989), Mexican boxer * Kátia Lopes (born 1973), Brazilian volleyball player *

Katia Piccolini Katia Piccolini (born 15 January 1973) is a former tennis player from Italy, who competed on the WTA Tour from 1988 to 1999. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 37 in July 1991 and competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Other career highligh ...

(born 1973), Italian female tennis player * Kátia Cilene Teixeira (born 1977), Brazilian female footballer * Katia Zini (born 1981), Italian short track speed skater

Musicians and singers

* Katia Escalera, Bolivian soprano * Katia Labèque (born 1950), French piano player *

Katia Ricciarelli Katiuscia Maria Stella "Katia" Ricciarelli (; born 16 January 1946) is an Italian soprano and actress. Early life and career Born in Rovigo, Veneto, to a very poor family, Ricciarelli struggled during her younger years. She studied at the Be ...

(born 1946), Italian soprano * Katia Skanavi (born 1971), Russian pianist of Greek descent *

Katia Zuccarelli Katia Zuccarelli (; ; born November 12, 1992), known professionally as Katia, is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Biography Zuccarelli has been featured on YTV series '' Life with Boys'', CTV's ''Instant Star'' Season 4 Soundtrack, and as a backgro ...

, (born 1992), Canadian singer of Italian descent

Writers

* Katia Kapovich (born 1960), Russian poet now living in the United States *

Katia Noyes Katia Noyes is an American author whose works have appeared in many publications and anthologies. Her debut novel, ''Crashing America'', was a Book Sense Notable Book in 2005, and was chosen as one of the Ten Best Gay/Lesbian Books of 2005 by Amazon ...

, American author

Other people

Kátia Abreu Kátia Regina de Abreu (2 February 1962) is a Brazilian politician, serving as a Senator for Tocantins since 2007. She was previously elected as a congresswoman for Tocantins from 2003 to 2007. After her departure from the Democratic Labour Part ...

(born 1962), Brazilian politician *

Katia Bellillo Katia Bellillo (born 17 February 1951) is an Italian politician and former minister. She served in governments under Massimo D'Alema and Giuliano Amato between 1998 and 2001. Originally a member of the Italian Communist Party (PCI), she joined t ...

(born 1951), Italian politician *

Katia Kameli Katia Kameli (born 1973) is a French-Algerian visual artist who works mainly in film and video. Her primary artistic focus is the subject of Algeria, and she has used film to explore Algerian history, culture and politics. Kameli's solo exhibitio ...

(born 1973), French-Algerian visual artist * Katia Krafft (1942–1991), French volcanologist who died in a pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen *

Katia Mann Katia Mann (born Katharina Hedwig Pringsheim; 24 July 1883 – 25 April 1980) was the youngest child and only daughter (among four sons) of the German Jewish mathematician and artist Alfred Pringsheim and his wife Hedwig Pringsheim, who was an a ...

(1883–1980), wife of the German writer Thomas Mann *

Katia Passerini Katia Passerini is an Italian academic administrator who has served as provost at Seton Hall University since 2020. She served as the interim president of Seton Hall University from 2023 to 2024. She was announced as the 27th president-elect of ...

, Italian academic administrator *

Katia Sycara Ekaterini Panagiotou Sycara () is a Greek computer scientist. She is an Edward Fredkin Research Professor of Robotics in the Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University internationally known for her research in ar ...

, Greek-American research professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University

Fictional characters

*Katia Anderson, one of the supporting characters in ''

Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box ''Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box'', known in Australia and Europe as ''Professor Layton and Pandora's Box'', is the second game in the ''Professor Layton'' series by Level-5. It was followed by a third game, '' Professor Layton and the ...

'' *Katia, in ''Low Winter Sun'' (American TV series) *Katia Jaakkola, the kidnapping victim in the "Doll House" arc of ''Bordertown'' (Finnish TV series) *Katia Antonov, one fo the supporting characters in

Bitten (TV series) ''Bitten'' is a Canadian fantasy television series based on the '' Women of the Otherworld'' series of books by author Kelley Armstrong. The name was inspired by the first book in the series. The show was produced as an original series for Space ...

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