Katia

{{Short description|Feminine given name}} {{Other uses}} {{Infobox given name | name = Katia | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Female | meaning = Pure. | region = | origin = | related names = Katya, Yekaterina, Katherine, Catherine, Katerina | footnotes = }} '''Katia''' is a feminine given name. It is a variant of Katya.<ref>{{cite web|author=Igor Katsev |url=http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/k/origin-and-meaning-of-katia.htm |title=Origin and Meaning of Katia |website=MFnames.com |date= |accessdate=2013-12-31}}</ref>

== Notable people with this name ==

=== Actresses and models === *Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress *Katia Margaritoglou, Greek fashion model and beauty contestant *Katia Winter (born 1983), Swedish actress

=== Athletes === *Katia Belabas (born 1996), Algerian sailor *Katia Benth (born 1985), French sprinting athlete *Katia Gutiérrez (born 1989), Mexican boxer *Kátia Lopes (born 1973), Brazilian volleyball player *Katia Piccolini (born 1973), Italian female tennis player *Kátia Cilene Teixeira (born 1977), Brazilian female footballer *Katia Zini (born 1981), Italian short track speed skater

=== Musicians and singers === *Katia Escalera, Bolivian soprano *Katia Labèque (born 1950), French piano player *Katia Ricciarelli (born 1946), Italian soprano *Katia Skanavi (born 1971), Russian pianist of Greek descent *Katia Zuccarelli, (born 1992), Canadian singer of Italian descent

=== Writers === *Katia Kapovich (born 1960), Russian poet now living in the United States *Katia Noyes, American author

=== Other people === *Kátia Abreu (born 1962), Brazilian politician *Katia Bellillo (born 1951), Italian politician *Katia Kameli (born 1973), French-Algerian visual artist *Katia Krafft (1942–1991), French volcanologist who died in a pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen *Katia Mann (1883–1980), wife of the German writer Thomas Mann *Katia Passerini, Italian academic administrator *Katia Sycara, Greek-American research professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University

== Fictional characters == *Katia, in ''Low Winter Sun'' (American TV series) *Katia Anderson, one of the supporting characters in ''Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box'' *Katia Antonov, one of the supporting characters in ''Bitten'' (TV series) *Kátia Flávia, in the music video of "Kátia Flávia, a Godiva do Irajá" *Katia Jaakkola, the kidnapping victim in the "Doll House" arc of ''Bordertown'' (Finnish TV series)

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Feminine given names