Meaning of the nameCatarine

Female
Greek origin
Ca-ta-ri-ne

Catarine is a female name, a probable variant of Catarina, whose origin goes back to Greek and has a debated meaning.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,286 people named Catarine, the 3,645th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 22, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Catarine is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 3,286
Rank in Brazil: #3,645
Median age: 22 years
2010 Census: 3,167; people

Catarine in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Catarine, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (909 people).

3,265 women 21 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Catarine is most common

States with the highest share of people named Catarine in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.003%
Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
São Paulo 0.002%
Pernambuco 0.002%
Maranhão 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	856	0.002%
Bahia	464	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	370	0.002%
Minas Gerais	201	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	155	0.001%
Pernambuco	136	0.002%
Paraná	111	0.001%
Maranhão	104	0.002%
Ceará	102	0.001%
Santa Catarina	101	0.001%
Pará	95	0.001%
Distrito Federal	79	0.003%
Goiás	70	0.001%
Amazonas	55	0.001%
Espírito Santo	51	0.001%
Mato Grosso	50	0.001%
Sergipe	48	0.002%
Piauí	47	0.001%
Alagoas	46	0.002%
Paraíba	42	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	26	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	23	0.001%
Tocantins	19	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Catarine

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil indicates Catarine as a probable variant of Catarina. Behind the Name gives the origin of Katherine as Greek Aikaterine and considers the etymology debated, so the meaning of the root is not certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,286 people named Catarine, with a median age of 22; almost always female, the largest group was born in the 1990s. Katarine is the spelling with K.

It is the most common spelling in the group, with an initial C as in Catarina.

Other spellings of Catarine

Spelling	People (2022)
Catarine	3,286
Katarine	1,721

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Catarine · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Katherine · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Catarina · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Catarine

What does the name Catarine mean?

The meaning of Catarine is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Catarine in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,286 people with the first name Catarine, which ranks it number 3,645 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Catarine a boy's or a girl's name?

Catarine is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,265 women and 21 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Catarine?

Catarine is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Catarine most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Catarine (464 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Catarine?

Katarine. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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