Catalina (name)

Catalina is a feminine given name. It is a Spanish form of a variation of the name Katherine. Catalina is an equivalent to Katherine or Catherine in English, Αικατερίνη (Ekaterini) and Κατερίνα (Katerina) in Greek, Екатерина (Yekaterina) in Russian, Caterina in Italian, Cătălina in Romanian, Catalan and Ukrainian, 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 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 Larranaga (born 1969), American actress

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

Spanish feminine given names

Feminine given names