Katica

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Катица in MK North Macedonia, BG Bulgaria.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 15 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◐

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

• Spanish given name916 records spelled Katica4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Chile, Colombia, United States, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Kática, Käticä

• French given name250 records spelled Katica3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States

  Also written Katiça

37 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●

Katica is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latvian, no skaliņiem vai stieples pīts neliels, ap 1-1,5 m garš vēžu ķeramais murds, kam iedzirknes no abiem galiem; kartica

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, Aizsprosta zvejas veids; no klūgām sapīta sēta no 2-2,5 m garām un 3-4 cm platām, plānām priežu laktiņām

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Katica Ivaniševićb. 1935HRCroatian politician
• Katica Drobneb. 1936SISlovenian geologist
• Katica Kulavkovab. 1951MKMacedonian writer and academic (born 1951)
• Katica Illényib. 1968HUHungarian violinist
• Katica Nagyb. 1995HUHungarian actress
• Csenge Katica Dénesb. 2002HUHungarian association football player (2002–)
• Katica Kedvesb. 2006HUice dancer
• Katica FlorjancSIresearcher
• Katica Pevec SemecSIresearcher
• Katica Bajuk-StudenSIresearcher

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 · 161 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Katica?

We estimate roughly 22 thousand people bear Katica (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Katica have the most bearers?

We estimate about 20 thousand people bear Katica in Croatia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled katica.

Where is Katica most common?

Katica is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 207 people carrying it.

How common is Katica compared with other names?

In Croatia, Katica is the 31st most common given name of 13,510 given names recorded there.

Is Katica a male or female name?

Katica 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 Katica mean?

Recorded meaning: Kati + -ca (diminutive suffix).