Katya

Katya
Pronunciation	Russian: [ˈkatʲə]
Gender	Female
Origin
Meaning	Baby Sunshine
Other names
Related names	Yekaterina, Katherine, Catherine, Katja

Last updated June 21, 2025

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,^[1] which is a Russian form of Katherine.^[2] 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 Aytak (Miller) (born March 17 2001), American fire performer and healer. Famous for the double bubble fire-bubble performance at High Sierra Music Festival. Very rare specimen of the purest form Owner Operator of the Fox Den, Chico CA

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, British journalist
Yekaterina Budanova (1916–1943), also known as Katya, female Soviet fighter ace in the Second World War
Katya De Giovanni, Maltese politician
Katya Scheinberg, Russian-American applied mathematician
Katya Soldak, 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

References

↑ "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Katya". Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
↑ This name is also can be spelled Katia. MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Yekaterina Archived 2017-02-12 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Katya". Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2009-02-20.

[2] This name is also can be spelled Katia. MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Yekaterina Archived 2017-02-12 at the Wayback Machine

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