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Meaning of the nameCaterine

Caterine is a feminine name, a variant of Caterina, linked to the Greek name Aikaterine, whose origin and meaning are debated.

Meaning

The meaning of Caterine is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
1,859
Rank in Brazil
#5,367
Median age
22 years
2010 Census
2,025
people

Caterine in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Caterine, 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 (460 people).

1,847 women 0 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 Caterine is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
  5. Paraná 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5310.001%
Rio de Janeiro2280.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1750.002%
Santa Catarina1340.002%
Paraná1280.001%
Bahia1100.001%
Minas Gerais950.001%
Amazonas490.001%
Goiás450.001%
Ceará410.001%
Distrito Federal320.001%
Maranhão310.001%
Mato Grosso310.001%
Pará290.000%
Espírito Santo290.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul290.001%
Pernambuco260.000%
Rondônia200.001%
Acre200.002%

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

About the name Caterine

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Caterine as a variant of Caterina and lists Catherine, Katherine and Katerine among the spelling variants. According to Wiktionary, Caterina is an alternative spelling of Catarina, equivalent to Catherine, which comes from the Greek Aikaterine; the meaning of that Greek name is debated. Wiktionary cites a possible link with hekateros ('each of the two') or with the goddess Hecate, and Behind the Name adds other hypotheses. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,859 people named Caterine, with a median age of 22. It is almost always a woman's name, with the most records among women born since 1990.

The spelling with C and without H. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Other spellings of Caterine

SpellingPeople (2022)
Katherine2,884
Catherine2,556
Caterine1,859
Katerine1,827

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Catherine · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Caterina · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
  3. Behind the Name: Katherine · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Caterine · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Caterine

What does the name Caterine mean?

The meaning of Caterine is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Caterine in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,859 people with the first name Caterine, which ranks it number 5,367 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Caterine is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,847 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Caterine?

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

In which Brazilian state is Caterine most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.002% of the state's population is named Caterine (134 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Caterine?

Katherine, Catherine and Katerine. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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