Kata (name)
Kata is both a surname and a given name.
In Croatia, the name Kata was among the most common feminine given names until 1949. It is a shorter form of Katarina.
In Hungary, it is often a shorter form of Katalin.
In Georgia, it is a short form of Katay.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Elizabeth Kata, Australian writer who used Kata as part of a pseudonym
- Kpama Baramoto Kata, Congolese general
- Matt Kata, American baseball player
- Mihály Kata, Hungarian footballer
- Niko Kata, Spanish footballer of Congolese and Equatorial Guinean descent
- Peter Kata, American-Hungarian professional Fortnite Battle Royale player, better known as 'Peterbot'
- Solomone Kata, Tonga and New Zealand rugby footballer
Given name
- Kata Bethlen, Hungarian memoir writer
- Kata Burián, Hungarian swimmer
- Kata Csizér, Hungarian linguist
- Kata Csondor, Hungarian voice actress, singer and songwriter
- Kata Dalström, Swedish socialist agitator and leftist writer
- Kata Dobó, Hungarian actress
- Kata Inocencio, Filipino broadcast journalist and child rights advocate
- Kata Kalivoda, Hungarian artist
- Kata Kálmán, Hungarian photographer
- Katariina Kata Kärkkäinen, birth name of Katariina Souri, Finnish author
- Kata Kondricz, Hungarian foil fencer
- Kata Menczinger, Hungarian water polo player
- Kata Pejnović, Croatian Serb feminist and politician
- Kata Szidónia Petrőczy, Hungarian writer and poet
- Kata Tisza, Hungarian writer
- Kata Vas, Hungarian racing cyclist
- Kata Wéber, Hungarian screenwriter and playwright