Caterina

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Caterina is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Croatian given name2.6K records spelled Caterina7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Italy, United States, Spain

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian

  Also written Čätërînã

• a separate given name2.6K records spelled Caterina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Cate-Rina, Catèrina

53 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Caterina is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, a female given name, equivalent to English Catherine

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, Nome tradizionalmente spiegato dal greco katharós 'puro', ma l'etimologia è incerta.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, dal gr. Aikaterine, di etimologia incerta

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Dal gr. Aikateríne, etimologia incerta; forma russa: Ekaterina.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, do nome grego Hekateríne; nome de santa, de grande difusão

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 94 years between 1904–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Caterina da Sienab. 1347ITItalian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
• Catarina Cornerb. 1454ITnot in their usual nameQueen of Cyprus
• Caterina Sforzab. 1463ITLady of Imola and Countess of Forlì (1463-1509)
• Catherine de' Medicib. 1519FRnot in their usual namequeen-consort and regent of France (1519–1589)
• Víctor Catalàb. 1869ESnot in their usual nameSpanish writer (1869-1966)
• Caterina Borattob. 1915ITItalian actress (1915-2010)
• Caterina Valenteb. 1931FRItalian-French multilingual singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress (1931–2024)
• Caterina Casellib. 1946ITItalian singer and record producer (1946-)
• Caterina Murinob. 1977ITItalian actress
• Caterina Scorsoneb. 1981CACanadian actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 747 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Caterina?

We estimate roughly 8.3 thousand people bear Caterina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Caterina have the most bearers?

Caterina is most frequently recorded in Italy, where it is most often spelled caterina.

How common is Caterina compared with other names?

In Italy, Caterina is the 227th most common given name of 102,519 given names recorded there.

Is Caterina a male or female name?

Caterina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Caterina mean?

Recorded meaning: From Greek. See {Katherine in main dictionary.