{{Infobox given name | name = Katya | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= {{IPA|ru|ˈkatʲə|lang}} | gender = Female | meaning = | region = | origin = | related names = Yekaterina, Katherine, Catherine, Katja | footnotes = }} '''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,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/k/origin-and-meaning-of-katya.htm |title=MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Katya |access-date=2009-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211202149/http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/k/origin-and-meaning-of-katya.htm |archive-date=2017-02-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which is a Russian form of Katherine.<ref>This name is also can be spelled '''Katia'''. [http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/y/origin-and-meaning-of-yekaterina.htm MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Yekaterina] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212183953/http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/y/origin-and-meaning-of-yekaterina.htm |date=2017-02-12 }}</ref> 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'': * Katya Adler (born 1972), British journalist * Yekaterina Budanova (1916–1943), also known as Katya, female Soviet fighter ace in the Second World War * Katya De Giovanni, Maltese politician * Kattya González (born 1977), Paraguayan politician * Katya Scheinberg, Russian-American applied mathematician * Katya Soldak (born 1977), journalist and documentary filmmaker (documentary The Long Breakup, 2020)
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/nonexistent movie ''Goncharov (1973)''
==Other uses== *''Katya'' (spider), a genus of spiders
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