Katarina (given name)

Katarina
PronunciationKat-a-ree-na
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameGreek
MeaningPure
Other names
Alternative spellingCyrillic: Катарина, Катаріна
Variant form(s)Katharina
Nickname(s)Kata (Ката), Kaja
Related namesCatarina
See alsoKaterina, Katherine, Katrina

Katarina[1] (Cyrillic: Катарина[1]) is a feminine given name. It is the standard Swedish, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, and Slovenian form of Katherine, and a variant spelling in several other languages.[2]

In Croatia, it is the fourth most common female given name, or third if combined with the short form Kata.[3] Historically in Croatia, the name Katarina has been among the most common feminine given names in the decades up to 1939, and then again between 1990 and 1999.[4] In Serbia it is within the 10 most popular names for girls born since 1991.[5]

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  1. ^ a b Behind the Name - Katarina
  2. ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Katarina
  3. ^ Croatian Central Bureau of Statistics - Women and Men in Croatia
  4. ^ "Most frequent male and female given names by year of birth, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. ^ Most popular Serbian names - Census 2011