Katharina

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Danish Old Danish
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Latin form of the Greek name Αικατερινη (Aikaterine) of uncertain meaning. Some theories include:

1) Greek‘εκατερος (hekateros) = 'each of the two' [1]

2) Greek αικια (aikia) = 'torture' [1]

3) Greek ‘εκας (hekas) = 'far off' [2]

4) Greek ἑκατόν (hekaton) = 'hundred' [2]

5) Later, in Christian times, the name was associated with the Greek word καθαρος (katharos) = 'pure' [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Related Names

     
Catarin ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Catarina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Catarine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Catharin ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Catharina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Catharine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Catharinus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Chatarina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Chatharina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Gáhteriinná ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Káhtariinná ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Kahtarina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Katariina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Katarin ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Katarina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Katarine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Katarinus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Katharina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Old Danish Swedish
Katharine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Kattarina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish

For more variant forms see also
Catriona - Ina - Jekaterina - Kajsa - Kakko - Karin - Karina - Karne - Kasi - Kata - Katalin - Kate - Katerina - Kathleen - Kati - Katina - Katinka - Katja - Katje - Katka - Katrina - Katuska - Ket - Kina - Kit - Käthe - Rina - Trina

Combinations

For combinations see KA (name element)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[9] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 1230 2875 0 0
Denmark Denmark[10] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 787 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[11] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 495 677 0 0
Finland Finland[12] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 628 n.a 1
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[9][10][11][12]:Name statistics for Katharina(f)


Sources: [9] [10] [11] [12]

References

  1. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  2. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
  3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  5. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  6. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  7. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
  8. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
  9. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  10. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  11. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  12. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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