Catarina as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Catarina

What is the meaning of the name Catarina ?

The baby name Catarina is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced {'Portuguese': {'IPA': '/kɐ.tɐˈɾi.nɐ/', 'respelling': 'kah-tah-REE-nah'}, 'Spanish': {'IPA': '/ka.taˈɾi.na/', 'respelling': 'kah-tah-REE-nah'}, 'English': {'IPA': '/ˌkætəˈriːnə/', 'respelling': 'kat-uh-REE-nuh'}}.

Catarina is Italian, Portuguese, Spanish in Origin.

Catarina is the Portuguese and Galician form of the Catherine/Katherine family, also found in Spanish records and occasionally in Scandinavian use. The name traces to Greek Aikaterinē, whose original sense is uncertain; by late antiquity it was popularly linked to katharos, “pure,” an interpretation that remains standard. Veneration of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and other early martyrs propelled the name across Christendom.

Used in the Iberian world since the Middle Ages, Catarina appears among royalty and nobility - most famously Queen Catarina de Bragança (Catherine of Braganza), whose marriage to Charles II connected Lusophone and English naming traditions; Santa Catarina also titles churches and places from Portugal to Brazil. International variants include Catherine/Katherine (English), Caterina (Italian), Catalina (Spanish), Katarina (Scandinavian/Slavic), Katharina (German), Kateřina (Czech), Katarína (Slovak), Katarzyna (Polish), Yekaterina/Ekaterina (Russian), Kateryna (Ukrainian), Aikaterini/Katerina (Greek), Caitríona/Catrìona (Gaelic), Catrin (Welsh), Katrīna (Latvian), and Kotryna (Lithuanian). Short forms: Cata, Cat, Cate, Rina, Trina, Tina, Kátia/Cátia.