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Екатерина
“one who is pure; virginal”
Екатерина (Jekaterína) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian and Serbo-Croatian.
Bulgarian and Russian and Serbian and Serbo-CroatianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Catherine.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Екатерина is Ekaterina written in Cyrillic. Ekaterina is a variant of Ecaterina. In Greek use, Ecaterina carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Russian usage, Екатерина developed from Αἰκατερίνη.
Екатерина’s family of names
In English usage, Екатерина has a diminutive in Katya. In Russian usage, Екатерина developed from the Ancient Greek form Αἰκατερίνη. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Екатерина has a conventional equivalent in the English form Catherine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Екатерина has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Екатерина comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 56
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Catalinaequivalent
- Katherineequivalent
- CatherineFrench, English
- KateEnglish
- Katieequivalent
- Karenequivalent
- Katerinaequivalent
- Katarinaequivalent
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- Catarinaequivalent
- Katiaequivalent
- Katrinaequivalent
- Katyequivalent
- Kathyequivalent
- CaterinaItalian
- KatharinaGerman
- Kathrineequivalent
- Kaisaequivalent
- Cathyequivalent
- Catharinaequivalent
- Katerynaequivalent
- Cathrynequivalent
- Karinequivalent
- Carinequivalent
- Katjaequivalent
- Kajsaequivalent
- Kaarinaequivalent
- Kathieequivalent
- Katalinequivalent
- Kareenequivalent
- Katrineequivalent
- Cathrineequivalent
- Katijaequivalent
- Catrinequivalent
- Cathieequivalent
- Catharineequivalent
- Ekateriniequivalent
- Katriequivalent
- Katrinequivalent
- KadriEstonian
- KatarzynaPolish
- Ekaterineequivalent
- Katriinaequivalent
- Chatrineequivalent
- Katriinequivalent
- Jekaterinaequivalent
- Katariinaequivalent
- Katsiarynaequivalent
- ΑικατερίνηGreek
- KateřinaCzech
- Katrijnequivalent
- Katarínaequivalent
- Екатери́наfeminine form
- Катеринаalso known as · Bulgarian, Russian
- КацярынаBelarusian
- JekatierinaPolish
- Αἰκατερίνηroot · Ancient Greek
See also 8
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Екатерина
- Ekaterina MakarovaRussian tennis playerborn 1988
- Kato Svanidzefirst wife of Josef Stalin (1885–1907)
- Catherine BreshkovskyRussian politician (1844–1934)
- Yekaterina Vorontsova-DashkovaRussian author and woman of letters (1743-1810)
- Ekaterina ZaharievaEuropean Commissioner and former Deputy PM and minister in Bulgariaborn 1975
- Catherine Pavlovna of RussiaQueen of Wurttemburg1788–1819
- Yekaterina GamovaRussian Olympic volleyball playerborn 1980
- Yekaterina FurtsevaSoviet politician (1910-1974)
- Keke Geladzemother of Joseph Stalin1858–1937
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