Katrina (given name)

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Katrina
Pronunciation /kəˈtrnə/ kə-TREE-nə
Gender Female
Origin
Word/Name Greek
Meaning Pure
Other names
Related names Catrìona, Caitríona, Katherine, Katarina, Katryna

Katrina or Katrine is a feminine English, German, Norwegian, Swedish and Dutch given name. It is a derivative of Katherine.[1] People with this name include:

Literature

Music

Politics

Sports

Television, cinema and theatre

Other fields

Fictional characters

  • Katrina, character in Lois Lowry's novel Gathering Blue
  • Katrina, character in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
  • Katrina, character in the Quest for Glory universe
  • Katrina Evans, character in the soap opera Brookside
  • Katrina Finlay, a main character in television series Monarch of the Glen
  • Katrina Shanks-Meltsner, major character in radio program Adventures in Odyssey
  • Katrina Silber, minor recurring character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Katrina Spellman, doppelgänger of the protagonist in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  • Katrina Steiner, character in the BattleTech science-fiction franchise
  • Katrina Luisa Van Horn, also known as Man-Killer, Marvel Universe supervillain
  • Katrina Van Tassel, in Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • Katrina de Voort, antagonist in the 2007 film Juno

See also

  • Katrina (disambiguation)
  • Catrina (disambiguation)

References

  1. "View Name: Katrina". behindthename.com. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 

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