Meaning of the nameCatharina
- Female
- Greek origin
- Latin origin
- Ca-tha-ri-na
Catharina is a spelling of the name Catarina.
Meaning
The meaning of Catharina 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)
- 4,836
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,800
- Median age
- 13 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,353
- people
Catharina in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Catharina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (1,319 people).
4,814 women 22 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 Catharina is most common
States with the highest share of people named Catharina in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Distrito Federal 0.005%
- São Paulo 0.004%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
- Bahia 0.003%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 1,805 | 0.004% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 537 | 0.003% |
| Bahia | 453 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 363 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 314 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 245 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 240 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 148 | 0.005% |
| Espírito Santo | 124 | 0.003% |
| Pernambuco | 95 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 81 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 62 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 51 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 44 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 39 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 38 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 33 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 32 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 29 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 27 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Catharina
It keeps the TH of the Latin form Catharina, which Wiktionary gives as an archaic spelling of Catarina; it has more records among women born before 1940 than in the decades from 1940 to 1970 and began to grow again from the 2000s.
About the name Catarina
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), traces Catarina to the Latin Catharina, the name of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, derived from the Greek kathará, 'chaste, pure'. Behind the Name, which gives Catarina as the Portuguese form of Catherine, considers the origin of the Greek Aikaterine uncertain: the hypotheses include an earlier name, Hekaterine, the goddess Hecate and a Greek word for 'torture', and the link with katharos, 'pure', is said to have arisen in early Christianity. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 71,392 people named Catarina, with a median age of 30. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina. The spellings in the group differ in the first letter (C or K) and in the TH.
Other spellings of Catarina
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Catarina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Behind the Name: Katherine · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Catherine · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Catarina · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Katarina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Catharina
What does the name Catharina mean?
The meaning of Catharina 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 Catharina in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,836 people with the first name Catharina, which ranks it number 2,800 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Catharina a boy's or a girl's name?
Catharina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,814 women and 22 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Catharina?
Catharina is a name of Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Catharina most common?
Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.005% of the state's population is named Catharina (148 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Catharina?
Catarina and Katarina. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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