This name is very popular in Germany, pronounced Kah-tah-ree-nah. [noted -ed]

Correct pronunciation: Kat-a-ree-na, like Katarina, not like Kath-a-ree-na.

Princess Catharina-Amalia is the daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima of Orange-Nassau.

Oh God, what a bizarre name! Were you out of your mind! Who in the right mind would say that! Kat is much better ;D.

Katharina... one of the few female names your parents would have had to pick from if you were born in a Mennonite colony one or two generations ago.

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

I believe this is one of the (numerous) variants of her name by which Kate is known in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. I'm a Katherine myself, and I kind of like this version of the name, but on the whole I think it's probably more A's than anybody really needs.

Katharina was almost my friend's name (her mom's German), but her mom took out the 'h' to make it Katarina, since she feared her being called KATH-a-reen-ah instead of KAT-a-reen-ah. Kat, unfortunately, gets her name mispronounced as Katrina. I think I prefer Katharina over Katarina, as it looks less harsh.

I once knew a girl named this. She went by Kat. I thought the name was quite silly sounding
Kath-ah-reen-a
whooo I need a breath, that was so tiring to say. Yeah this is a stupid name.

This is such a beautiful name. I had a friend from Germany named Katharina and she was a foreign exchange student. She was so sweet. By the way, it's pronounced as Kah-tah-ree-nah not kath-a-ree-nah. I'm surprised that most of the people who commented on this name didn't like it, whereas it's pronounced the same way as Katarina, and the majority of the people who commented on that name loved it.

Katharina is very glamourous but I think Katharine is much better.

Katharina of Austria (1533-1572), fifth daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. She later married Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland.

Katharina (1256-1308) was the daughter of German King Rudolf I and his wife Gertrud of Hohenburg.

Katharina (1421-1476) was the daughter of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and his wife Katharina.

Katharina (1342-1395) was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and his first wife Blanche.

Katharina (1528-1528) was the daughter of Albert, Duke of Prussia and his wife Dorothea.

Katharina (1602-1644) was the daughter of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg and his wife Anna.

Katharina (1295-1323) was the daughter of King Albert I of Germany and his wife Elisabeth.

Katharina von Bora, referred to as "die Lutherin" (1499–1552), was the wife of Martin Luther, German leader of the Protestant Reformation.

19 baby girls in the USA (2014) were given Katharina.