Catarina (given name) explained

Catarina
Gender:	Female
Origin:	Portuguese, Galician
Variant Forms:	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

• 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

• 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