Katrina | Name Meaning & Origin

Literary Characters Names, American Names, English Names, Twilight Names

English speaking countries

Anglicisation of Caitríona or a form of Katherine.

Hurricane Katrina occurred in 2005, devastating, in particular, New Orleans and Mississippi. The cost of reconstruction following the hurricane was set at $10.5 billion - making it the most expensive natural disaster in American history.

'Katrina and the Waves' was a 1980s band, who won the Eurovision song contest in 1997 with their song 'Love shine a light'. The 'Katrina' of the band was lead singer Katrina Leskanich.

Katrina (Kate) is a character in Stephenie Meyer's popular series "Twilight". In Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", Katrina Van Tassel is the love interest of school teacher Ichabod Crane.