Comments for the name Katarina

This is a lovely incarnate of Katherine!

Listen to the German pronunciation of Katarina here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

This is the name of my best friend, who just so happens to also be one of my many cousins. Whenever I hear this name (which is not very often, by the way), I imagine a girl with brown hair with natural blonde highlights, honey brown eyes, and an impatient and funny personality. I agree with the first poster: this /is/ a lovely incarnation of Katherine, and should not be shortened at all.

Katarina Witt (the W is pronounced like a V, so her last name sounds like Vitt)is a famous German figure skater who won 2 Olympics in a row.

Katta is a common pet form in Sweden, but also Katti, Katri and such. Our versions of Kate I guess.

I have a friend named Katarina, but is called Kasia (kah-sha). I love the name and think it is very pretty.

Hello! I think Katarina is one of the most beautiful names. I am from Slovenia and we use a lot of other short names for Katarina: Kaja, Katka, Katja, Katarinca (OK, this is not shorter it is just used for little girls). I am also called Katka but I prefer if people call me Katarina. I really love my name even if some of my friends say it is too long. But I like it. :)

Katarina's the name of one of my best friends. She's named after Katarina Witt, I think. Most people call her Kat. I love the name, though.

Katarina is originally Greek - spread throughout Europe - common in Russia too. Uncommon in Germany. Catherine the Great's original name was Sophia.

Very pretty name. But, sometimes when I hear myself saying it, it sounds like I'm saying, "Cat Arena."

I named my daughter after Katherine (which is pronounced Katarina) in the Shakespeare play The Taming Of The Shrew. Her dad wanted it to be spelled phonetically so people wouldn't say it wrong. I like it to because it sounds like it could come from almost any country. The most common mistake is people calling her Katrina though.

This is my cousins name and I think its really pretty, we call her Kat as her nickname, don't spell it with a "C".

I think Katarina is a great version of Katherine which is too popular. I pronounce it Kah-Tah-Re-Nah. The "r" sounds in French like the "vrrrroom" in car. I think this name is "fast-paced" and has a nice flow.

Katarina is a name of a character in "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke. Everybody calls her Hornet because of her braid so it's hard to catch her real name since she doesn't want anyone to know.

The first time I heard this name was in "10 Things I Hate About You," which I love to this day. I next heard it in the video game "Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat," which I played back when I was 12. In both cases, the bearer of the name was a strong, capable woman. In general, it's a beautiful name.

I like this. I know it's used in several countries, but I've always thought of it as a German name.