Given name · Bulgarian · Russian
Катя
“pure, chaste”
Катя (Kátja) is a feminine given name. It is used in Russian.
Bulgarian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Katya.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Катя goes back to Ancient Greek καθάριος, meaning “pure, chaste.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Bulgarian usage, Катя is a diminutive of Екатерина.
Катя’s family of names
In English usage, Катя has a diminutive in KATYUSHA. In Russian usage, Катя has a conventional equivalent in the German form Kai. In Ukrainian usage, Катя has a conventional equivalent in the English form Katya.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Катя has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
9 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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