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

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kataˈʀiːna]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Ka‧ta‧ri‧na

Proper noun

Katarina

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

Norwegian

Proper noun

Katarina

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

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Katarina f (Cyrillic spelling Катарина)

  1. A female given name, equivalent to Catherine.

Declension

Synonyms


Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kata²riːna/

Proper noun

Katarina c (genitive Katarinas)

  1. A female given name.

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • 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.
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