Meaning of the nameCatarino

Male
Greek origin
Ca-ta-ri-no

Catarino is the male form of Catarina, a name of Greek origin according to the Dictionary, though the meaning of its root is debated.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,193 people named Catarino, the 4,813th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 62, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Mato Grosso.

Meaning

The meaning of Catarino 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): 2,193
Rank in Brazil: #4,813
Median age: 62 years
2010 Census: 2,997; people

Catarino in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Catarino, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (565 people).

0 women 2,183 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 Catarino is most common

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

Mato Grosso 0.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.005%
Bahia 0.004%
Maranhão 0.002%
Pará 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	570	0.004%
São Paulo	300	0.001%
Mato Grosso	237	0.007%
Minas Gerais	174	0.001%
Pará	150	0.002%
Maranhão	147	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	129	0.005%
Goiás	104	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	79	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	55	0.000%
Paraná	47	0.000%
Piauí	39	0.001%
Santa Catarina	30	0.000%
Tocantins	27	0.002%
Distrito Federal	21	0.001%
Amazonas	19	0.001%

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

About the name Catarino

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil defines Catarino as the masculine of Catarina. For Catarina, the same dictionary cites Machado (1981) on Catharina, the name of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and gives the Greek kathará, 'chaste, pure', as the origin. Behind the Name, however, says the etymology of Katherine is debated and lists several hypotheses, so the meaning of the root is not given with certainty. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,193 people named Catarino, with a median age of 62; it is almost always a male name, with the largest group born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Mato Grosso.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Catarino

What does the name Catarino mean?

The meaning of Catarino 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 Catarino in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,193 people with the first name Catarino, which ranks it number 4,813 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Catarino is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,183 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Catarino?

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

In which Brazilian state is Catarino most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso: 0.007% of the state's population is named Catarino (237 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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