Katarina

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Katharina in DE Germany, AT Austria, ES Spain and 4 more, Catarina in BR Brazil, PT Portugal, MX Mexico and 3 more, Catharina in NL Netherlands, ZA South Africa and Katariina in FI Finland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Katarina is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name89K records spelled Katarina4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Spain, Serbia

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Italian

  Also written Katarína

• Finnish given name38K records spelled Katarina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Katarína

• French given name12K records spelled Katarina7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Sweden

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Katarína, Katarinã, Kàtàrinà, Kãtârìñã, Katarīna

• Indonesian given name9.8K records spelled Katarina4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, United States, Spain

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Katarina, Katarína

• a separate given name3.6K records spelled Katarina2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Sweden, Serbia, Slovenia

  Also written Katarína

• a separate given name399 records spelled Katarina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Sweden, United States, Kyrgyzstan

  Also written Katarína, Kâtârînâ

• Latvian given name322 records spelled Katarina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia, United States, Lithuania, Sweden

  Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian

  Also written Katarína

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Katarina is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Swedish form of KATHERINE . Pet forms: Kata, Kajsa .

  as a word

• In Swedish, a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Catherine

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, a female given name, a less common variant of Katharina

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 63 years between 1958–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Katarina Frostensonb. 1953SESwedish poet, member of the Swedish Academy
• Katarina Wittb. 1965DEGerman figure skater
• Katarina Barleyb. 1968DEGerman politician
• Katarina Žutićb. 1972RSSerbian actress
• Katarina Kresalb. 1973SISlovenian politician
• Katarina Časb. 1976SISlovenian actress
• Katarina Srebotnikb. 1981SISlovenian female tennis player
• Amelia Andersdotterb. 1987SEnot in their usual nameSwedish politician, member of the EP
• Katarina Ivanovskab. 1988MKMacedonian model and actress
• Katarina Johnson-Thompsonb. 1993GBBritish heptathlete

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 820 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Katarina?

We estimate roughly 453 thousand people bear Katarina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Katarina have the most bearers?

Katarina is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled katharina.

Where is Katarina most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Katarina is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 75 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.

How common is Katarina compared with other names?

In Germany, Katarina is the 82nd most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Katarina a male or female name?

Katarina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Katarina mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Catherine