Katerina
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Greek |
Meaning | Pure |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Cyrillic: Катерина, romanized: Katerina; Greek: Κατερίνα, romanized: Katerína |
Variant form(s) | Katherina |
Related names | Caterina |
See also | Katarina, Ekaterina, Yekaterina, Katherine, Katrina, |
Katerina[1] (Greek: Κατερίνα,[1] romanized: Katerína; Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Macedonian: Катерина,[1] romanized: Katerina) is a feminine given name. It is a Greek variant of Ekaterini and a Russian and Bulgarian short form of Ekaterina or Yekaterina.[2]
The name Katerina is often associated with the Greek word katharos, meaning "pure" (see: Katherine#Origin and meaning).
Notable people named Katerina include:
- Katerina Didaskalou, Greek actress
- Katerina Georgiadou, Greek fashion model
- Katerina Kanonidou, Greek fashion model
- Katerina Kechris, American statistician
- Katerina Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
- Katerina Matziou, Greek actress
- Katerina Michalopoulou, Greek Miss Hellas winner
- Katerina Moutsatsou, Greek actress
- Katerina Nikolaidou Greek rower athlete
- Kateřina Pivoňková, Czech backstroke swimmer
- Katerina Stikoudi, Greek fashion model
- Katerina Thanou, Greek sprinter
- Katerina Graham, American actress, singer and model
Other:
- Katerini, a city in Greece, formerly named Katerina
- Katerina, a novel by Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld
- "Katerina", a season two episode of the TV series The Vampire Diaries
- Katerina Petrova, AKA Katherine Pierce, a character in The Vampire Diaries that the episode centers around
- Katarina, a companion in Doctor Who
Songs about Katerina[]
- "Aman, Katerina mou" [Alas, my Katerina] by Stellakis Perpiniadis
- "Ego kai i Katerina" [Me and Katerina] by Mihalis Violaris
- "H Katerina" by Dimitris Zevgas
- "Katerina Katerinaki" by Paschalis
- "Katerina Thessalonikia" [Katerina from Thessaloniki] by Vasilis Tsitsanis
- "Katerina" by Aliki Vougiouklaki
- "Katerina" by Nikos Oikonomidis
- "Katerina" by Stk
- "Katerina" by Yiannis Savvidakis
- "Katerina, karderina" [Katerina, the goldfinch] by Chronis Aidonidis
- "Katerino Mome" by Gloria & Nikolay Slaveev
- "Katyusha" Russian folk song
- "Mila, Katerina" [Speak, Katerina] by Manolis Mitsias
- "Omorfi mou Katerina" [My pretty Katerina] by Antonis Kalogiannis
- "Pame gia ypno, Katerina" [Let's go to sleep, Katerina] by Giannis Poulopoulos
- "Rina Katerina mou" [My Rina Katerina] by Dimitra Galani
- "Rina Katerina" by Kostas Bigalis
- "Ta matia sou Katerinio" [Your eyes, Katerina] by Michalis Violaris
- "Thessaloniki - Katerina" by Stelios Dionysiou
- "To Katerinio" by Chainides
- "To oneiro tis Katerinas" [Katerina's dream] by Chainides
- "Tora pou smigoun oi kairoi (Katerinio)" by Nikos Ksylouris
References[]
- ^ a b c Behind the Name - Katerina
- ^ "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Katerina". Archived from the original on 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
Categories:
- Given names
- Feminine given names
- Given names of Greek language origin
- Russian feminine given names
- Ukrainian feminine given names
- Bulgarian feminine given names
- Macedonian feminine given names
- Greek feminine given names
- Serbian feminine given names