Katrina

Katrina: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “pure”
Origin: Germanic
Say it: kuh-TREE-nuh · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

Form of Katherine used in several European languages, especially as a Scandinavian and Slavic variant. The name ultimately goes back through Greek Aikaterine and has long been associated with the meaning 'pure'.

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How popular is Katrina?

202438.0 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 Katrina in 2024126

2024 rank#1,633 girls

Peak year1980

Total US babies since 1880101,645

Katrina is fading: recent use is about 53% of its level ten years before.

Names like Katrina

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Trinapure · Latin
Emmawhole, universal · Germanic
Ameliawork · Germanic
Ellaall, completely · Germanic
Alicenoble type · Germanic
Adelinenoble · Germanic
Milliegentle strength · Germanic
Aubreyelf ruler · Germanic

Katrina questions

What does the name Katrina mean?

Katrina means "pure". It comes from Germanic. Form of Katherine used in several European languages, especially as a Scandinavian and Slavic variant. The name ultimately goes back through Greek Aikaterine and has long been associated with the meaning 'pure'.

Is Katrina a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Katrina?

126 US babies were named Katrina in 2024. Its peak year was 1980.

How do you pronounce Katrina?

Katrina is usually pronounced kuh-TREE-nuh.

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.