Katya Explained
Katya is a feminine given name. It is a very popular name in Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia, and North Macedonia. It is a Russian diminutive form of Yekaterina,[1] which is a Russian form of Katherine.[2] The name is sometimes used as an independent given name in the English-speaking world. In German, Dutch and Scandinavian languages it is spelled Katja. Katya may also refer to:
In the arts:
- Katya Chilly (born 1978), Ukrainian singer
- Katya Jones (born 1989), Russian dancer
- Katya Lee (born 1984), Russian singer songwriter and fashion designer
- Katya Medvedeva (born 1937), Russian naïve painter
- Katya Paskaleva (1945–2002), Bulgarian actress
- Katya Reimann (born 1965), American writer of fantasy novels
- Katya Santos (born 1982), Filipina actress and model
- Katya Zamolodchikova, (performed by Brian McCook, born 1982), American drag queen
In other fields:
In fiction:
- Katya Derevko, on the ABC television series Alias
- Katya Kinski, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Katya Nadanova, Bond girl in the game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
- Katya Orlova, heroine of John le Carré's novel The Russia House and the film adaptation
- Katya Vogt, the protagonist of Sandra Birdsell's historical novel The Russländer (aka Katya)
- Katya (Highlander), an Immortal in Highlander: The Series
- Katya, a character in the 2013 movie Stalingrad.
- Katya Udinov, Alexandra Udinov's mother in Nikita
- Katya, fictional villain portrayed by Danny Denzongpa in the 1996 Indian film Ghatak
- Katya Michailov Goncharova, a character from the internet meme/nonexistant movie Goncharov (1973)
Other uses
References
- Web site: MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Katya . 2009-02-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170211202149/http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/k/origin-and-meaning-of-katya.htm . 2017-02-11 . dead .
- This name is also can be spelled Katia. MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Yekaterina
