Given name
Kateřina
“one who is pure; virginal”
Kateřina is a form of Katherine. In Greek use, Katherine carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kateřina is a form of Katherine. In Greek use, Katherine carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Czech use, Kateřina is used as a form of Katherine.
The story
Kateřina is a form of Katherine. The history of Katherine gives this family its wider story. Katherine’s historical associations include Catherine de’ Medici, wife of King Henry II and regent.
Explained through its name family
Kateřina’s family of names
In Czech usage, Kateřina has a diminutive in Kateřinka. Kateřina shares a linguistic root with Katherine. In Czech usage, Kateřina has a conventional equivalent in the French form Catherine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kateřina has relatives in 33 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
34 related names in 33 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 63
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- CatalinaSpanish, Latin
- Katherinecognate
- CatherineFrench, English
- KateEnglish
- Katieequivalent
- Karenequivalent
- KatarinaSwedish, sr-Latn
- CatarinaPortuguese
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- Katiaequivalent
- Katrinaequivalent
- Katyequivalent
- Kathyequivalent
- Katyaequivalent
- CaterinaCatalan, Italian
- KatharineGerman
- Ekaterinaequivalent
- KatharinaGerman, Danish
- Kaisaequivalent
- Kathrineequivalent
- Catharinaequivalent
- Cathyequivalent
- Cathrynequivalent
- Carinequivalent
- Karinequivalent
- Kajsaequivalent
- Katjaequivalent
- Catharineequivalent
- Katriequivalent
- Katrinequivalent
- Kaarinaequivalent
- Katrineequivalent
- Kathieequivalent
- Kareenequivalent
- Kathrinequivalent
- Cathrineequivalent
- Catrinequivalent
- Cathieequivalent
- KatarzynaPolish
- KatalinHungarian
- KotrynaLithuanian
- Кацярынаequivalent
- Katsiarynaequivalent
- 凱瑟琳Chinese
- ΑικατερίνηGreek
- Katrijnequivalent
- Ekaterineequivalent
- Katriinaequivalent
- Chatrineequivalent
- Katriinequivalent
- Jekaterinaequivalent
- КатеринаUkrainian, Bulgarian
- Катаринаsr-Cyrl
- KatarínaSlovak
- ЕкатеринаRussian
- CătălinaRomanian
- CatharijneDutch
- KatrīnaLatvian
- CaitríonaIrish
- ეკატერინეGeorgian
- KattaliitGreenlandic
And 3 more.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kateřina
- Catherine I of RussiaThe first Empress of Russia from 1725 to 17271684–1727
- Kateřina SiniakováCzech tennis player (born 1996)
- Kateřina EmmonsCzech sport shooterborn 1983
- Kateřina NeumannováCzech cross country skierborn 1973
- Kateřina BaďurováCzech coach, Olympic athlete and pole vaulterborn 1982
- Kateřina NashCzech skier and cyclistborn 1977
- Kateřina KonečnáCzech politicianborn 1981
- Kateřina HolubcováCzech biathleteborn 1976
- Kateřina TučkováCzech writerborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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If you love Kateřina, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
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“princess”
>99% girls