Catarina (given name)
Appearance
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Portuguese, Galician |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Catharina, Katarina, Caterina |
Related names | Catherine, Catriona |
Catarina is a feminine given name. It is a Portuguese, and Galician form of the name Katherine. It may refer to:
Portuguese infantas
[edit]- Infanta Catarina of Portugal (1436–1463), daughter of Edward, King of Portugal
- Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza (1540–1614), granddaughter of Manuel I, King of Portugal and pretender to the Portuguese throne
- Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705), wife and consort of Charles II, King of England, Scots, and Ireland
Other people
[edit]- Catarina Eufémia, illiterate harvester from Alentejo, Portugal who was murdered during a worker's strike
- Catarina Lindqvist, professional tennis player
- Catarina Ruivo, Portuguese film director
- Catarina Rodrigues, Portuguese judoka
- Catarina van Hemessen, Flemish Renaissance painter
- Dona Catarina, Sinhala noble, Queen of the Kingdom of Kandy in 1591 and again from 1594-1604