Caterina
Appearance
Gender | Female |
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Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Catherina |
Related names | Katerina |
See also | Catarina, Catherine |
Caterina is a feminine given name which is an Italian form of the name Katherine.[1] Notable people with the name include:
In music:
- Caterina Assandra, Italian composer and Benedictine nun
- Caterina Bueno, Italian singer and folk music historian
- Caterina Caselli, Italian singer and music producer
- Caterina Cavalieri, Austrian soprano
- Caterina Jarboro, pioneering African American opera singer
- Caterina Mete, Australian children's entertainer, The Wiggles
- Caterina Valente, French-born singer and dancer
In education:
- Caterina Mieras, teacher at the Teacher Training School of the Balearic Islands
In acting:
- Caterina Murino, Italian actress
- Caterina Scorsone, Canadian actress
In sports:
- Kateřina Baďurová, Czech pole vaulter
- Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
In other fields:
- Caterina Appiani, lady of Piombino
- Caterina Consani, Italian mathematician
- Caterina dei Virgi, aristocratic Bolognese woman raised in the court of Bologna
- Caterina Fake, American businesswoman and entrepreneur
- Caterina Sforza, countess of Forlì
In literature:
- Caterina "Hornet" Grimani, character in Cornelia Funke's novel The Thief Lord
Songs about people named Caterina
[edit]- "Caterina" by Perry Como, 1962
- "Aman Caterina mou" by Haris Alexiou
- "Caterina Caterinaki" by Michalis Rakintzis
- "Pame gia ypno Caterina" by Giannis Poulopoulos
- "Vgainei i Caterina" by Aliki Vougiouklaki and Lavrentis Dianellos
- "Aummo Aummo" by Renzo Arbore
References
[edit]- ^ "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Caterina". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2009-01-26.