Proper name of woman characteristic of Slavic languages such as Russian whose sonority is very pleasant. In German Katharina, in French Katherine and in our language Catalina that probably comes from the Greek kátharos, pure, clean, from which also derives the name of the Cathars or Albigensians.
EKATERINA Russian feminine name of Slavic origin, meaning pristine, pure. Transliteration of the Russian names Yekaterina, Katya and Katyusha, the latter common diminutives of Ekaterina. They are equivalent to Katherine, Catherine, Katty and the like in English, French, German and other European languages.
