Catarina

Catarina: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “pure”
Origin: Greek
Say it: kat-ah-REE-nah · 4 syllables
Used for: Girls

Form of Katherine/Catherine used especially in Portuguese, Galician, and several other European languages. It derives from Greek Aikaterine, long associated with Greek katharos 'pure'.

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How popular is Catarina?

202432.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Catarina in 2024105

2024 rank#1,893 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18803,862

Catarina is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Catarina

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Catarina questions

What does the name Catarina mean?

Catarina means "pure". It comes from Greek. Form of Katherine/Catherine used especially in Portuguese, Galician, and several other European languages. It derives from Greek Aikaterine, long associated with Greek katharos 'pure'.

Is Catarina a boy or girl name?

Catarina is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Catarina?

105 US babies were named Catarina in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Catarina?

Catarina is usually pronounced kat-ah-REE-nah.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.