Katarina

See also: Katarína and Katarīna

Faroese

Proper noun

Katarina f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Katarina: Katarinuson
• daughter of Katarina: Katarinudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Katarina
Accusative	Katarinu
Dative	Katarinu
Genitive	Katarinu

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kataˈʀiːna]

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• Hyphenation: Ka‧ta‧ri‧na

Proper noun

Katarina

1. a female given name, a less common spelling of Katharina.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Katarina

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Catherine.

Related terms

• Carina, Cathrine, Kaja, Karen, Kari, Karianne, Karin, Karina, Kathrine, Katrine, Kine, Tine, Trine.

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Katarina f (Cyrillic spelling Катарина)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Catherine.

Declension

Declension of Katarina

	singular
nominative	Katarina
genitive	Katarine
dative	Katarini
accusative	Katarinu
vocative	Katarina
locative	Katarini
instrumental	Katarinom

Synonyms

• (archaic) Ekaterina

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• Catarina, Catharina, Katharina

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterínē), name of a saint. First recorded in Sweden around 1200 as Katerina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kata²riːna/

Proper noun

Katarina c (genitive Katarinas)

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Catherine

Related terms

• Carin
• Carina
• Kajsa
• Karin
• Karina
• Katja
• Katrin
• Katrina

 

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 49 249 females with the given name Katarina living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.