Katarina (given name)

Katarina is a feminine given name. It is the standard Swedish, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, and Slovenian form of Katherine, and a variant spelling in several other languages.

In Croatia, it is the fourth most common female given name, or third if combined with the short form Kata. Historically in Croatia, the name Katarina has been among the most common feminine given names in the decades up to 1939, and then again between 1990 and 1999. In Serbia it is within the 10 most popular names for girls born since 1991.

Notable people with the given name include:

In acting:
 * Katarina Ewerlöf, Swedish actress
 * Katarina Čas, Slovenian actress
 * Katarína Kolníková, Slovak actress
 * Katarina Radivojević, Serbian actress

In royalty:
 * Katarina Eriksdotter, daughter of the Swedish king Eric the Saint
 * Katarina Kosača, Queen of Bosnia as the wife of King Stephen Thomas, the penultimate Bosnian sovereign
 * Katarina Stenbock, third and last consort of Gustav I of Sweden and the Queen of Sweden

In sports:
 * Katarina Witt, German figure skater
 * Katarina Waters, English professional wrestler
 * Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenian professional tennis player
 * Katarina Tomašević, Serbian handball player
 * Katarina Timglas, Swedish ice hockey player
 * Katarina Lavtar, Slovenian alpine skier
 * Katarina Krpež Slezak, Serbian handball player
 * Katarina Vukomanović, Serbian volleyball player
 * Katarina Ježić, Croatian handball player
 * Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English track and field athlete
 * Katarina Zavatska, Ukrainian tennis player
 * Katarina Wolfkostin, American ice dancer

In other fields:
 * Katarina Carroll, Australian police officer
 * Katarina Cicak, Bosnian physicist
 * Katarina Frostenson, Swedish writer
 * Katarina Köhler, Swedish politician
 * Katarina Konstantinović, Serbian noblewoman
 * Katarina Ivanovska, Macedonian model
 * Katarina Kruhonja, Croatian peace activist
 * Katarina Luhr, Swedish politician

In fiction:
 * Katarina, a character in the television series Doctor Who
 * Katarina Alves, a character in the video game series Tekken
 * Katarina, a character in the anime Sailor Moon
 * Katarina Cott, a character in the video game Suikoden IV
 * Katarina de Leon, a character in the video game Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat
 * Katarina du Couteau, a character in the video game League of Legends
 * Katarina Claes, a character in the light novel My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
 * Katarina, a character in the video game Conduit 2