Katerina

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Girl · Greek (origin unknown)

Katerina

Say it: kah-teh-REE-nah

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Meaning

From Greek Aikaterine, of unknown origin; the meaning 'pure' comes from a later association with katharos and is a folk etymology.

Disputedsharp disagreement, or a popular meaning that is not supported.

Aikaterini is the formal church form; Katerina is the everyday form.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

7,207 babies given this name since 1954
At its height in 1998, about 1 in 6,800 girls
191 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

Other spellings: Aikaterini, Katina

English	Catherine
Hungarian	Katalin
Romanian	Ecaterina

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Where this comes from

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United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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