Katharina

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Usage

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

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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/katharós) = 'pure' [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

See also -rina

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For more variant forms see also

For male forms see Katarinus (Latin) and Catalin m (Russian/Romanian)

Combinations

For combinations see KA (name element)

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Katharinuson Iceland

Female

Katharinudóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Katharina
Genitive: Katharinas
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Katharina
Genitive: Katharinan
Partitive: Katharinaa
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Katharina
Accusative: Katharinu
Dative: Katharinu
Genitive: Katharinu
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Katharina
Genitive: Katharinas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Katharina
Genitive: Katharinas

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[16]
1302 3070 1302 3070 0 0
Denmark Denmark[17]
889
n.a.
889
n.a.
0
n.a.
Finland Finland[18]
n.a.
1025
n.a.
1025 0 0
Iceland Iceland[19]
20 33
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[20]
0 4
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[21]
712
n.a.
712
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: 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

Name statistics for Katharina (f) Sources: [16][17][21][18]

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Katharina (f) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Katharina (f)


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  10. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  11. 11.0 11.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  12. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  13. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Navnemode og modenavne (1993)
  14. 14.0 14.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  16. 16.0 16.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  17. 17.0 17.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  18. 18.0 18.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  19. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  20. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  21. 21.0 21.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no