Catalina (name)
Appearance
Gender | Feminine |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Spanish |
Meaning | pure |
Other names | |
Nickname(s) | Kat |
Related names | Katherine, Kathryn, Catherine, Caitlan, Ceitlin, Kaitlin, Caitlyn, Kathleen, Cathleen, Kaitlyn, Catelin, Catelyn, Caitlynn, Catelynn, Caetlynn, Katelyn, Katelynn, Kaitlynn |
Catalina is a feminine given name. It is a Spanish form of a variation of the name Katherine.[1] Catalina is an equivalent to Katherine or Catherine in English, Αικατερίνη (Ekaterini) and Κατερίνα (Katerina) in Greek, Катерина (Kateryna) in Ukraine, Екатерина (Yekaterina) in Russian , Caterina in Catalan and Italian, Cătălina in Romanian, Catherine in French, Katarzyna in Polish, and Catarina in Portuguese and Galician.
Notable people with the name include:
- Catalina, Duchess of Villena (1403–1439), Infanta of Aragon
- Catalina Micaela of Spain (1567-1597), Duchess consort of Savoy
- Catalina Artusi (born 1990), Argentine actress
- Catalina Berroa (1849–1911), Cuban musician
- Catalina Botero Marino (born 1965), Colombian attorney
- Catalina Castaño (born 1979), Colombian tennis player
- Cătălina Cristea (born 1975), Romanian tennis player
- Catalina Denis, Colombian actress
- Catalina de Erauso (1592–1650), Spanish explorer
- Catalina D'Erzel (1897–1950), Mexican journalist, playwright, novelist and poet
- Cătălina Gheorghițoaia (born 1975), Romanian fencer
- Catalina Guirado (born 1974), British-New Zealander model and TV star
- Catalina Parot (born 1956), Chilean politician
- Catalina Peláez (born 1991), Colombian squash player
- Cătălina Ponor (born 1987), Romanian artistic gymnast
- Catalina de los Ríos y Lisperguer (1604–1665), Chilean murderer
- Catalina Robayo (born 1989), Colombian beauty queen
- Catalina Rosales, Mexican paralympic athlete
- Catalina Saavedra (born 1968), Chilean actress
- Catalina Sandino Moreno (born 1981), Colombian actress
- Catalina Sarsfield, French-born Irish Jacobite of the 18th century
- Catalina Speroni (1938–2010), Argentine actress
- Catalina Thomás (1533–1574), Spanish saint
- Catalina Trail (born 1949), Mexican naturalist
- Catalina Usme (born 1989), Colombian football player
- Catalina Vallejos (born 1989), Chilean model
- Catalina Vasquez Villalpando (born 1940), American politician
- Catalina Yue, Canadian musician
References
[edit]- ^ "MFnames.com – Origin and Meaning of Catalina". Archived from the original on 2012-01-14. Retrieved 2010-01-08.