Meaning of the nameCátia
- Female
- Slavic origin
- Greek origin
- Cá-ti-a
Cátia is a spelling of the name Kátia.
Meaning
The meaning of Cátia 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)
- 57,306
- Rank in Brazil
- #515
- Median age
- 45 years
- 2010 Census
- 67,600
- people
Cátia in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Cátia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (21,955 people).
57,100 women 206 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 Cátia is most common
States with the highest share of people named Cátia in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio de Janeiro 0.078%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.075%
- Bahia 0.040%
- Santa Catarina 0.039%
- São Paulo 0.027%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio de Janeiro | 12,465 | 0.078% |
| São Paulo | 11,829 | 0.027% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 8,148 | 0.075% |
| Bahia | 5,659 | 0.040% |
| Minas Gerais | 4,688 | 0.023% |
| Santa Catarina | 2,999 | 0.039% |
| Paraná | 1,764 | 0.015% |
| Pernambuco | 1,223 | 0.014% |
| Pará | 1,104 | 0.014% |
| Goiás | 892 | 0.013% |
| Espírito Santo | 831 | 0.022% |
| Ceará | 698 | 0.008% |
| Maranhão | 667 | 0.010% |
| Distrito Federal | 643 | 0.023% |
| Mato Grosso | 565 | 0.015% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 423 | 0.015% |
| Sergipe | 403 | 0.018% |
| Rondônia | 351 | 0.022% |
| Paraíba | 321 | 0.008% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 321 | 0.010% |
| Amazonas | 313 | 0.008% |
| Alagoas | 309 | 0.010% |
| Piauí | 217 | 0.007% |
| Acre | 155 | 0.019% |
| Tocantins | 127 | 0.008% |
| Amapá | 121 | 0.017% |
| Roraima | 70 | 0.011% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Cátia
It uses C in place of K, the spelling that Wiktionary presents as the main entry for the name.
About the name Kátia
Wiktionary records Kátia as an alternative spelling of Cátia and derives Cátia from the Russian Katya, linked to Ekaterina and, further back, to Ancient Greek Aikaterine. Behind the Name describes Katya as a Russian diminutive of Yekaterina and gives Catarina as the Portuguese form of the same name. The etymology of Aikaterine is debated: Behind the Name cites an earlier Greek name, Hekaterine, the goddess Hecate and a Greek word for 'torture', and recalls that, among the early Christians, the name was associated with the Greek for 'pure'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 157,594 people named Kátia, with a median age of 44. The name is almost always female, peaked among people born in the 1970s and, proportionally, is most common in Rio de Janeiro.
Other spellings of Kátia
Sources
- Wiktionary: Cátia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Kátia · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Behind the Name: Katya · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Katherine · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Katia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Cátia
What does the name Cátia mean?
The meaning of Cátia 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 Cátia in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 57,306 people with the first name Cátia, which ranks it number 515 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Cátia a boy's or a girl's name?
Cátia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 57,100 women and 206 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Cátia?
Cátia is a name of Slavic and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Cátia most common?
Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.078% of the state's population is named Cátia (12,465 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Cátia?
Kátia and Kathia. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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