Catherina
Catherina is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Dona Catherina of Kandy, ruling Queen of Kandy in 1581 Catherina Boevey (1669–1726), English philanthropist Catherina "Kitty" Wilhelmina Geisow (1876-1958), New Zealand painter Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch, (1785–1858), Austrian pianist and composer Catherina Heß, German actress Catherina McKiernan, Irish long-distance…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Catherina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Catherina is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Dona Catherina of Kandy, ruling Queen of Kandy in 1581 Catherina Boevey (1669–1726), English philanthropist Catherina "Kitty" Wilhelmina Geisow (1876-1958), New Zealand painter Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch, (1785–1858), Austrian pianist and composer Catherina Heß, German actress Catherina McKiernan, Irish long-distance…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Catherina
American parents first put Catherina on the record books as a baby girl name in 1900, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1962, when 25 Catherinas were born — ranking #2,414 that year. About 20% of every Catherina on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Catherina last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 933 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Catherina
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About the name Catherina
Catherina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1900 and has accumulated 933 births in the dataset. Catherina's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #2,414. Use the chart and map above to compare Catherina'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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