KATYA

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, which is a Russian form of Katherine. 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. For origin and meaning see also Indian literature for the name Katya-yani/Katyayani, possibly the oldest and therefore the origin of the name Katya. Katya may also refer to: In the arts: Katya Chilly (born 1978), Ukrainian singer Katya Jones (born 1989), Russian dancer 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 queenIn other fields: Katya Adler, British journalist Yekaterina Budanova (1916–1943), also known as Katya, female Soviet fighter ace in the Second World War Katya Scheinberg, Russian-American applied mathematicianIn 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