The story
Borrowed from Russian and Ukrainian Катю́ша (Katjúša) diminutive of Ка́тя (Kátja, “Katya”), in turn diminutive of Екатери́на (Jekaterína, “Katherine”), named after a popular wartime song.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
katyusha
Today it means: A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name Катюша (Katjuša) Full definition →