Given name · also Swedish
Katariina
Katariina is a feminine given name from Swedish, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Finnish and Estonian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Katariina comes from Swedish, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Katariina developed from Αἰκατερίνη.
Katariina’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Katariina has a short form in Kai. In Finnish usage, Katariina developed from the Ancient Greek form Αἰκατερίνη. In Finnish usage, Katariina has a conventional equivalent in the French form Catherine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Katariina has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Katariina comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 16
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 41
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Catalinaequivalent
- Katherineequivalent
- CatherineFrench, English
- Katieequivalent
- Karenequivalent
- Katerinaequivalent
- Katarinasource · Swedish
- Catarinaequivalent
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- Katiaequivalent
- Katrinaequivalent
- Katyequivalent
- Katyaequivalent
- CaterinaItalian
- Ekaterinaequivalent
- KatharinaGerman
- Kathrineequivalent
- Catharinaequivalent
- Cathrynequivalent
- Carinequivalent
- Kajsaequivalent
- Katjaequivalent
- Katarzynaequivalent
- Catrinequivalent
- Cathieequivalent
- Catharineequivalent
- Kaarinaequivalent
- Katalinequivalent
- Katrineequivalent
- Kathieequivalent
- Kareenequivalent
- Cathrineequivalent
- 凱瑟琳Chinese
- ΑικατερίνηGreek
- KateřinaCzech
- Katrijnequivalent
- Katarínaequivalent
- Екатеринаequivalent
- Ekaterineequivalent
- Chatrineequivalent
- Jekaterinaequivalent
- Αἰκατερίνηroot · Ancient Greek
People named Katariina
- Katariina KosolaFinnish association football playerborn 2001
- Katariina TuohimaaFinnish female tennis playerborn 1988
- Katariina UntEstonian actor (born 1971)
- Katariina KaitueFinnish actressborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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