Katia is a feminine given name. It is a variant of Katya.[1]
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Meaning | Pure. |
Other names | |
Related names | Katya, Yekaterina, Katherine, Catherine, Katerina |
Notable people with this name
editActresses and models
edit- Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
- Katia Margaritoglou, Greek fashion model and beauty contestant
- Katia Winter (born 1983), Swedish actress
Athletes
edit- Katia Belabas (born 1996), Algerian sailor
- Katia Benth (born 1985), French sprinting athlete
- Katia Gutiérrez (born 1989), Mexican boxer
- Kátia Lopes (born 1973), Brazilian volleyball player
- Katia Piccolini (born 1973), Italian female tennis player
- Kátia Cilene Teixeira (born 1977), Brazilian female footballer
- Katia Zini (born 1981), Italian short track speed skater
Musicians and singers
edit- Katia Escalera, Bolivian soprano
- Katia Labèque (born 1950), French piano player
- Katia Ricciarelli (born 1946), Italian soprano
- Katia Skanavi (born 1971), Russian pianist of Greek descent
- Katia Zuccarelli, (born 1992), Canadian singer of Italian descent
Writers
edit- Katia Kapovich (born 1960), Russian poet now living in the United States
- Katia Noyes, American author
Other people
edit- Kátia Abreu (born 1962), Brazilian politician
- Katia Bellillo (born 1951), Italian politician
- Katia Krafft (1942–1991), French volcanologist who died in a pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen
- Katia Mann (1883–1980), wife of the German writer Thomas Mann
- Katia Passerini, Italian academic administrator
- Katia Sycara, Greek-American research professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Fictional characters
edit- Katia Anderson, one of the supporting characters in Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
- Katia, in Low Winter Sun (U.S. TV series)
- Katia Jaakkola, the kidnapping victim in the "Doll House" arc of Bordertown (Finnish TV series)
References
edit- ^ Igor Katsev. "Origin and Meaning of Katia". MFnames.com. Retrieved 2013-12-31.