Katherina

  • Girl
  • 9 letters
English Russian Pure.
Literary A literary name from Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, where it belongs to the shrew, and daughter to Baptista.
Variant of Katherine

Katherina is a girl’s name of English, Literary and Russian origin. Meaning in English and Russian: Pure. A literary name from Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, where it belongs to the shrew, and daughter to Baptista. Katherina is a variant of Katherine. The name has 9 letters.

Related names

Katelynn

Girl

English

Medieval English form of the Irish Caitlin. Pure.

Katerina

Girl

Russian Ukrainian

Pure. Ukrainian form of Katherine: pure.

Kath

Girl

English French Irish Latin

diminutive of Catherine or Kathleen. Pure, clear. Form of the Latin Katharina, from the Greek Aikaterina. Pure. Clear. From the Gaelic form Caitlin. Pure, clear. Form of the Latin 'Katharina', from the Greek Aikaterina'. It was borne by a number of saints, including St Catherine of Alexandria, a 4th century martyr who suffered torture on a spiked wheel.

Katharine

Girl

Greek Latin Literary

Pure. Form of the Latin 'Katharina', from the Greek Aikaterina'. American actress Katharine Hepburn was born in 1909. A literary name from Shakespeare's King Henry the Eighth, where it belongs to queen Katharine, wife to King Henry, afterwards divorced. 'Love's Labours Lost' A lady attending on the Princess of France.

Katherine

Girl

English Greek Irish Latin Literary

Pure. Used since third century A. D. Early Latin forms Katerina and Caterina became Katharine and Catherine. French Cateline and English Catlyn came into wider use during medieval period when variants multiplied. Form of the Greek Catherine meaning pure. Pure. Clear. From the Gaelic form Caitlin. Pure, clear. Form of the Latin 'Katharina', from the Greek Aikaterina'. It was borne by a number of saints, including St Catherine of Alexandria, a 4th century martyr who suffered torture on a spiked wheel. A literary name from Shakespeare's King Henry V, where it belongs to daughter to Charles and Isabel, King and Queen of France.

Kathleen

Unisex

English Greek French Irish Latin

Pure. Pure, clear. Form of the Latin Katharina, from the Greek Aikaterina. Pure. Clear. Innocent. From the Gaelic form Caitlin. Pure, clear. Form of the Latin 'Katharina', from the Greek Aikaterina'. It was borne by a number of saints, including St Catherine of Alexandria, a 4th century martyr who suffered torture on a spiked wheel.