Katarina (given name)

Katarina^[1] (Cyrillic: Катарина^[1]) is a feminine given name. It is the standard Swedish, Slovak, Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, 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] and in Serbia it is within the 10 most popular names for girls born since 1991.^[4] It may refer to:

In acting:

• Katarina Ewerlöf, Swedish actress
• Katarina Radivojević, Serbian actress
• Katarina Čas, Actress

In royalty:

• Katarina Eriksdotter, the daughter of the Swedish king Eric the Saint
• Katarina Stenbock, the third and last consort of Gustav I of Sweden and the Queen of Sweden
• Katarina Kosača-Kotromanić, was Queen of Bosnia as the wife of King Stephen Thomas, the penultimate Bosnian sovereign

In sports:

• Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English track and field athlete
• Katarina Lavtar, Slovenian alpine skier
• Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenian professional tennis player who lives in Dubai
• Katarina Timglas, Swedish ice hockey player
• Katarina Waters, English professional wrestler
• Katarina Witt, German figure skater

In other fields:

• Katarina Frostenson, Swedish writer
• Katarina Ivanovska, Macedonian model
• Katarina Konstantinović, Serbian noblewoman
• Katarina Kruhonja, Croatian peace activist
• Katarina Kosača, Queen consort of Bosnia
• Katarina MacLeod, Canadian abolitionist

In fiction:

• Katarina (Doctor Who), a character from the television series Doctor Who
• Katarina Alves, a character from the video game series Tekken
• Katarina Cott, character from Suikoden IV
• Katarina de Leon, the protagonist in the video game Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat
• Katarina, the Sinister Blade, a playable champion character in the MOBA video game League of Legends

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