Catriona
Catriona is a feminine given name in the English language. It is an Anglicisation of the Irish Caitríona or Scottish Gaelic Catrìona, which are forms of the English Katherine.
- Irish
- Scottish
Meaning & Origin of Catriona
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Catriona is a feminine given name in the English language. It is an Anglicisation of the Irish Caitríona or Scottish Gaelic Catrìona, which are forms of the English Katherine.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Irish
- Scottish
The Story of Catriona
American parents first put Catriona on the record books as a baby girl name in 1965, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 32 Catrionas were born — ranking #3,648 that year. About 30% of every Catriona on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2025, Catriona ranks #10,035 for baby girls with 5 births, falling sharply (-62%). All told, over 687 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Catriona
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About the name Catriona
Catriona is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1965 and has accumulated 687 births in the dataset. Catriona's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #3,648. Use the chart and map above to compare Catriona'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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