Catharine

Catharine: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “pure”
Origin: Greek
Say it: KATH-uh-rin · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

Variant spelling of Katherine/Catherine, from Greek Aikaterine, later associated with katharos 'pure'. Catharine is a traditional English form.

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How popular is Catharine?

20242.1 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Catharine in 20247

Peak year1905

Total US babies since 188012,994

Catharine is fading: recent use is about 46% of its level ten years before.

Names like Catharine

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Catalinapure · Spanish
Katherinepure · Greek
Catherinepure · Greek
Karenpure · Danish
Katiepure · English
Kathrynpure · Greek
Katepure · Greek
Caitlinpure · Irish

Catharine questions

What does the name Catharine mean?

Catharine means "pure". It comes from Greek. Variant spelling of Katherine/Catherine, from Greek Aikaterine, later associated with katharos 'pure'. Catharine is a traditional English form.

Is Catharine a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Catharine?

7 US babies were named Catharine in 2024. Its peak year was 1905.

How do you pronounce Catharine?

Catharine is usually pronounced KATH-uh-rin.

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.