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Катерина
“one who is pure; virginal”
Катерина (Katerína) is a feminine given name. It is used in Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Katerina.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Катерина is Katerina written in Cyrillic. Katerina is a variant of Katherine. In Greek use, Katherine carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Explained through its name family
Катерина’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Катерина has a diminutive in Ка́тря. In Russian usage, Катерина shares a linguistic root with the English form Catherine. In Macedonian usage, Катерина can be written in the Roman alphabet as Katerina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Катерина has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
14 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Katherineequivalent
- Catherinecognate · French, English
- CaterinaItalian
- Ekaterinaequivalent
- KatharinaGerman
- Кацярынаequivalent
- Katsiarynaequivalent
- Екатеринаalso known as · Russian, Bulgarian
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Катерина
- Kateryna BilokurUkrainian painter (1900-1961)
- Kateryna LagnoRussian chess playerborn 1989
- Kateryna VolodkoUkrainian female tennis playerborn 1986
- Kateryna KalytkoUkrainian poet, writer, translatorborn 1982
- Kateryna MonzulUkrainian football refereeborn 1981
- Kateryna HandziukUkrainian activist1985–2018
- Katerina MaleevaBulgarian tennis playerborn 1969
- Kateryna YushchenkoUkrainian Soviet and Ukrainian computer scientist (1919–2001)
- Kateryna SerebrianskaUkrainian gymnastborn 1977
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