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Catharina Choi Nunes, also known by her Korean name Choi Song-ee (Korean: 최송이; also romanised as Choi Song-yi), is a South Korean and Brazilian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned both Miss Earth Korea 2013 and Miss Brazil World 2015. She represented Korea at Miss Earth 2013, placing as the third runner-up, and Brazil at Miss World 2015, placing in the top twenty.
Catharina Chen is a Norwegian classical violinist of Chinese ancestry.
Also used in Romansh: http://www.annalas.ch/persunas/display/q:Catharina
Also Afrikaans: https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elzab%C3%A9_Zietsman -- Elzabé Catharina Zietsman
You'll find numerous bearers on social media.
Also Flemish: http://www.names.be/meisjesnamen.html?met=Catharina&sort=beldesc
Good alternative to the name Catherine. I can't think of any nicknames for this one, though.
Also Ladin: https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jepele_Frontull -- his mother was Catharina Frena dal Cianoré.
This name was also used among the German minority in Bessarabia: https://ofb.genealogy.net/famreport.php?ofb=krasna&ID=I15607&nachname=Riehl&modus=&lang=de
The ex-wife of Johannes Vermeer, famous Dutch painter. Also the name of one of their children.
Catharina Juliana "Julie" Eckerman, was a Swedish courtesan and spy. She is most known as the kept lover of riksråd count Carl Sparre, a relationship which attracted attention and was used by the opposition of Sparre during his political career.
Also Flemish.
This is such a beautiful name.
Catharina Johanna Lodders is a Dutch model and beauty queen who won the 1962 Miss World contest, representing the Netherlands. Prior to it, she was crowned Miss Holland in May 1962. Winning Miss Holland would therefore give her a chance to be crowned Miss International 1962 in Long Beach, California and to succeed compatriot Stam van Baer. Lodders placed 3rd Runner-Up to eventual winner Tania Verstak of Australia. She then also was crowned Miss Benelux, followed by Miss World later that year. She became the second woman from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London. Upon winning the contest, she is quoted as saying "I don't think I'm the most beautiful girl in the world - I am the most beautiful girl here".
Catharina is also used in Brazil, where it's a variant of the more common Catarina.
A popular nickname in the Netherlands is Cato (pronounced "KAH-to"), which is also given as a name in its own right.
I have a love/hate tie with Catherine and it's many variants. Though I may be the only one who sees a link, the written form of Catharina reminds me of an unfortunate relation... catheter. Katherina is more detached from such a connection.
I love the name Catharina. I think Catharina Anastasia is a beautiful, though slightly pretentious, combo.
Reminds me of Ballerina.
Nina Hagen's birth name is Catharina.
The Dutch pronunciation is kah-tah-REE-nah or kah-tu-REE-nah. [noted -ed]
This is the name of the eldest daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his wife, Máxima: Princess Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria.

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