Catharina
Catharina is a feminine given name, the Dutch and Swedish spelling of the name Catherine. In the Netherlands, people use a great number of short forms in daily life, including Carine, Catelijne, Cato, Ina, Ineke, Kaat, Kaatje, Karen, Karin, Katja, Katrien, Katrijn, Kitty, Nienke, Rina, Tineke, Tiny, Toos, Trijn, Trijntje, and many others. People with the name include:
- Dutch
- Swedish
Meaning & Origin of Catharina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Catharina is a feminine given name, the Dutch and Swedish spelling of the name Catherine. In the Netherlands, people use a great number of short forms in daily life, including Carine, Catelijne, Cato, Ina, Ineke, Kaat, Kaatje, Karen, Karin, Katja, Katrien, Katrijn, Kitty, Nienke, Rina, Tineke, Tiny, Toos, Trijn, Trijntje, and many others. People with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
- Swedish
The Story of Catharina
The earliest SSA record of Catharina as a baby girl name dates back to 1948, when 5 babies received it. 1989 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Catharina — #5,836 in the national rankings. About 20% of every Catharina on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Catharina last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 321 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Catharina
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Catharina. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Catharina
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About the name Catharina
Catharina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1948 and has accumulated 321 births in the dataset. Catharina's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #5,836. Use the chart and map above to compare Catharina's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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