Given name
Katarína
“pure”
Katarína is a feminine given name. It is used in Icelandic and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Katarína goes back to Latin Catharina, meaning “pure.”
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Where it comes from
Katarína comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
From Latin Catharina, from Ancient Greek καθαρός.
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Katarína’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Katarína has a diminutive in Kata. In Slovak usage, Katarína shares a linguistic root with the Pannonian Rusyn form Катарина. In Slovak usage, Katarína has a conventional equivalent in the French form Catherine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Katarína has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
12 related names in 9 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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 46
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Catalinaequivalent
- Katherineequivalent
- CatherineFrench, English
- Katieequivalent
- Karenequivalent
- Katerinaequivalent
- Catarinaequivalent
- Katiaequivalent
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- Katrinaequivalent
- Katyequivalent
- Katyaequivalent
- CaterinaItalian
- Ekaterinaequivalent
- KatharinaGerman
- Kathrineequivalent
- Kaisaequivalent
- Catharinaequivalent
- Cathrynequivalent
- Karinequivalent
- Carinequivalent
- Katjaequivalent
- Kajsaequivalent
- Katrinequivalent
- Kaarinaequivalent
- Kathieequivalent
- Katalinequivalent
- Kareenequivalent
- Katrineequivalent
- Cathrineequivalent
- Katarzynaequivalent
- Catrinequivalent
- Cathieequivalent
- Catharineequivalent
- Katriequivalent
- Ekaterineequivalent
- Екатеринаequivalent
- Katriinaequivalent
- Chatrineequivalent
- Katriinequivalent
- Jekaterinaequivalent
- Katariinaequivalent
- 凱瑟琳Chinese
- Катаринаcognate · rsk
- ΑικατερίνηGreek
- KateřinaCzech
- Katrijnequivalent
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Katarína
- Katarína HasprováSlovak singerborn 1972
- Katarína KnechtováSlovak singer-songwriter and guitaristborn 1981
- Katarína BerešováSlovakian athletics competitorborn 1987
- Katarína BrychtováSlovak actress and television presenterborn 1967
- Katarína Roth NeveďalováSlovak politicianborn 1982
- Katarína StudeníkováSlovak tennis playerborn 1972
- KatarziaSlovak singer-songwriterborn 1989
- Katarína TóthováSlovak politicianborn 1940
- Katarína Lokšová-RáczováCzechoslovak fencerborn 1950
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