Katja
Katja is a short form of the Russian given name Jekaterina ; for its origin and meaning see Katharina .
distribution
The name Katja became popular in Germany in the 1950s. In the early 1970s he was among the ten most frequently given female first names of the year. Its popularity declined in the early 1990s, so that today hardly any children are called Katja.
Name bearers
- Katja Andy , actually Käte Aschaffenburg (1907–2013), German-American pianist
- Katja Behrens (* 1942), German writer, translator and editor
- Katja Bienert (* 1966), German actress, copywriter and producer
- Katja Brunner (* 1991), Swiss playwright
- Katja Burkard (* 1965), German television presenter
- Katja Demut (* 1983), German athlete
- Katja Dieckow (* 1984), German diver
- Katja Ebbinghaus (* 1948), German tennis player
- Katja Ebstein (* 1945), German singer and actress
- Katja Flint (* 1959), German actress
- Katja Früh (* 1953), Swiss actress and director
- Katja von Garnier (* 1966), German director
- Katja Gerber (* 1975), German judoka
- Katja Haller (* 1981), Italian biathlete from South Tyrol
- Katja Horneffer (* 1968), qualified meteorologist and television presenter
- Katja Husen (* 1976), German biologist and politician (Greens)
- Katja Kassin (* 1979), German erotic and porn actress
- Katja Kean (* 1968), Danish porn actress
- Katja Keller (* 1970), German actress, songwriter and singer
- Katja Kipping (* 1978), German politician (Die Linke)
- Katja Koren (* 1975), Slovenian ski racer
- Katja Kramarczyk (* 1984), German handball player
- Katja Krasavice (* 1996), bourgeois Katrin Vogel , German web video producer and singer
- Katja Kraus (* 1970), former German soccer player and soccer functionary
- Katja Lange-Müller (* 1951), German writer
- Katja Langkeit (* 1983), former German handball player
- Katja Lehto (* 1972), former Finnish ice hockey player
- Katja Leikert (* 1975), German politician (CDU)
- Katja Liebing (* 1968), German actress
- Katja Mast (* 1971), German politician (SPD)
- Katja Nottke (* 1958), German voice actress
- Katja Nyberg (* 1979), former Norwegian handball player
- Katja Paryla (1940-2013), German actress
- Katja Požun (* 1993), Slovenian ski jumper
- Katja Rathje-Hoffmann (* 1963), German politician (CDU)
- Katja Riemann (* 1963), German actress
- Katja Riipi (* 1975), Finnish ice hockey player
- Katja Rupé (* 1949), German actress
- Katja Schroffenegger (* 1991), Italian soccer goalie
- Katja Schuurman (* 1975), Dutch actress
- Katja Seizinger (* 1972), German ski racer
- Katja Strauss-Köster (* 1970), German politician (independent), Mayor of Herdecke
- Katja Studt (* 1973), German actress
- Katja Suding (* 1975), German politician (FDP)
- Katja Tengel (* 1981), German sprinter
- Katja Thater (* 1966), German professional poker player
- Katja Višnar (* 1984), Slovenian cross-country skier
- Katja Weitzenböck (* 1967), Austrian actress
- Katja Wolf (* 1976), German politician (Die Linke)
- Katja Woywood (* 1971), German actress
- Katja Wüstenfeld , b. Beer (* 1976), German biathlete
- Katja Ziliox (* 1970), former German swimmer
Others
- Katja (ship) , an oil tanker launched in 1995
- Katja (apple) , an apple variety
- (1113) Katja , an asteroid of the main belt
See also
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Web links
Wiktionary: Katja - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
