Caterina

Caterina

Gender	Female
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

• "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

1. "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Caterina". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2009-01-26.