Comments for CATERINA:

Pronounced "cuh-tuh-REE-nuh" or "cah-teh-REE-nah".

-- mar  4/13/2006

Sometimes nicknamed as Cati pronounced "CAH-tee".

-- mar  4/13/2006

Caterina van Hemessen (1527/28 - 1581) was a Flemish painter.

-- Caprice  6/5/2006

I have this name, and I've never met anyone with the same name, nevermind the same spelling. There are a lot of different ways to spell it, but I'm rather biased to this way ("Caterina"). I personally love it a lot as a name--it always draws attention and remarks, sounds fairly melodic, and is obviously very unique. Don't give it as a name, however, if the idea of people mispronouncing it bothers you; in my case, only a very few people have pronounced it correctly the first time.

-- Anonymous User  6/24/2007

I love this name, and the nickname Cate for it!

-- Brianna Angela  8/19/2007

One famous bearer is actress Caterina Scorsone, born 16 October 1981, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

-- Maggie_Simpson  12/19/2007

Caterina Medici, aka Catherine de Medici, is a famous bearer of this name. She was the daughter of Lorenzo Medici and Madeleine de la Toure d'Auverne, originally named Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de Medici. When she went to marry Henry II of France, then only Dauphin, at the age of fourteen, "Caterina" was Gallicized to "Catherine", and she was known for the rest of her life as Catherine de Medicis. When Henry died in 1559, and Catherine's three sons, Francis, Charles, and Henry, each took the throne in turn, in all three cases, it was Catherine who held the real power.

-- Luanna  1/9/2008

Italian-Canadian actress Caterina Scorsone, born 16th October 1981, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

-- Emilie007  12/18/2008

I like this name a lot and I do like Cate a lot for a nickname and I like Rina, Cate, Cat, Kitty.

-- italiannames  9/5/2009

The other reason I love this name is it has no popularity which means if I name my kid this, then no one else will have it! I LOVE that.

-- italiannames  9/12/2009

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