Katrina (disambiguation)

:"For the 2005 Atlantic hurricane, see Hurricane Katrina."

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Katrina


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pronunciation="kə-TREE-nə"
gender = Female
meaning = "pure"
region =
origin = Greek
related names = Catriona, Katherine
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Katrina ("kə-TREE-nə") (Katrine) is a feminine English, German, Swedish and Dutch given name meaning "pure". It is a derivative of Katherine. [cite web |url=http://www.behindthename.com/name/katrina |title=View Name: Katrina |publisher=behindthename.com |accessdate=2008-08-04] As a given name, it may refer to:

Fictional characters

* Katrina Finlay, character in "Monarch of the Glen"
* Katrina Silber, minor recurring character in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
* Katrina (Inheritance), a character in the "Inheritance Trilogy" by Christopher Paolini
* Katrina (Quest for Glory), a character in the "Quest for Glory" universe
* Katrina Van Tassel, a character in Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Music

* Katrina Elam, country music singer
* Katrina Leskanich, former lead vocalist of the music group Katrina and the Waves
* Trina (née Katrina Le’verne Taylor), African-American female rap artist
* Katrine Gislinge, pianist
* Katrine Madsen, jazz singer
* Katrina, a dance music singer

Television

* Katrina Campins, a candidate on the first season of "'The Apprentice"
* Katrina Holden Bronson, film director and actor
* Katrina Johnson, American actress
* Katrina Kaif, model and Bollywood actress
* Katrina Onstad, well-known Canadian film critic and journalist who writes for CBC Arts Online
* Katrina Warren, veterinarian and television presenter
* Katrina Kraven, occasional stage name of porn star
* Katrina Halili

Literature

* Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of "The Nation"
* Katrine Dalsgård, Danish literary theorist and assistant professor of American Studies at Roskilde University

Other fields

* Katrina Hodgkinson, Australian politician
* Katrina Leung, Chinese American businesswoman and accused spy
* Katrina Powell, Australian field hockey player
* Katrina Price, American basketball player
* Katrina Von Sass, Canadian volleyball player

ee also

* Katrina (uses of "Katrina" other than as a given name)
* Catrina
* Tropical Storm Katrina, disambiguation of various tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
* "Katrina" (novel), a 1936 novel by Swedish writer Sally Salminen
* Katrina and the Waves, a pop rock band of the 1980s
* Katrina cough, a putative respiratory illness thought to be caused by mold and dust after the 2005 Hurricane Katrina in the US

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