Katerina

Katerina[1] (Greek: Κατερίνα,[1] romanized: Katerína; Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Macedonian: Катерина,[1] romanized: Katerina) is a feminine given name. It is a Greek variant of Ekaterini and a Russian and Bulgarian short form of Ekaterina or Yekaterina.[2]

Katerina

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	Pure
Other names
Alternative spelling	Cyrillic: Катерина, romanized: Katerina; Greek: Κατερίνα, romanized: Katerína
Variant form(s)	Katherina
Related names	Caterina
See also	Katarina, Ekaterina, Yekaterina, Katherine, Katrina, Kateřina

The name Katerina is often associated with the Greek word katharos, meaning "pure" (see: Katherine#Origin and meaning).

Notable people named Katerina include:

• Katerina Didaskalou, Greek actress
• Katerina Georgiadou, Greek fashion model
• Katerina Kanonidou, Greek fashion model
• Katerina Kechris, American statistician
• Katerina Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
• Katerina Matziou, Greek actress
• Katerina Michalopoulou, Greek Miss Hellas winner
• Katerina Moutsatsou, Greek actress
• Katerina Nikolaidou Greek rower athlete
• Kateřina Pivoňková, Czech backstroke swimmer
• Katerina Stikoudi, Greek fashion model
• Katerina Thanou, Greek sprinter
• Katerina Graham, American actress, singer and model

Other:

• Katerini, a city in Greece, formerly named Katerina
• Katerina, a novel by Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld
• "Katerina", a season two episode of the TV series The Vampire Diaries
  • Katerina Petrova, AKA Katherine Pierce, a character in The Vampire Diaries that the episode centers around
• Katarina, a companion in Doctor Who

Songs about Katerina

• "Aman, Katerina mou" [Alas, my Katerina] by Stellakis Perpiniadis
• "Ego kai i Katerina" [Me and Katerina] by Mihalis Violaris
• "H Katerina" by Dimitris Zevgas
• "Katerina Katerinaki" by Paschalis
• "Katerina Thessalonikia" [Katerina from Thessaloniki] by Vasilis Tsitsanis
• "Katerina" by Aliki Vougiouklaki
• "Katerina" by Nikos Oikonomidis
• "Katerina" by Stk
• "Katerina" by Yiannis Savvidakis
• "Katerina, karderina" [Katerina, the goldfinch] by Chronis Aidonidis
• "Katerino Mome" by Gloria & Nikolay Slaveev
• "Katyusha" Russian folk song
• "Mila, Katerina" [Speak, Katerina] by Manolis Mitsias
• "Omorfi mou Katerina" [My pretty Katerina] by Antonis Kalogiannis
• "Pame gia ypno, Katerina" [Let's go to sleep, Katerina] by Giannis Poulopoulos
• "Rina Katerina mou" [My Rina Katerina] by Dimitra Galani
• "Rina Katerina" by Kostas Bigalis
• "Ta matia sou Katerinio" [Your eyes, Katerina] by Michalis Violaris
• "Thessaloniki - Katerina" by Stelios Dionysiou
• "To Katerinio" by Chainides
• "To oneiro tis Katerinas" [Katerina's dream] by Chainides
• "Tora pou smigoun oi kairoi (Katerinio)" by Nikos Ksylouris

References

1. Behind the Name - Katerina
2. "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Katerina". Archived from the original on 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2009-02-22.