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Meaning of the nameKaterine

Katerine is a spelling of the name Caterine.

Meaning

The meaning of Katerine 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)
1,827
Rank in Brazil
#5,449
Median age
22 years
2010 Census
1,365
people

Katerine in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Katerine, 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 (492 people).

1,817 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 Katerine is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  2. São Paulo 0.001%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
  4. Paraná 0.001%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4680.001%
Rio de Janeiro1500.001%
Minas Gerais1450.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1250.001%
Paraná1230.001%
Santa Catarina1140.002%
Ceará620.001%
Pará620.001%
Amazonas620.002%
Bahia610.000%
Maranhão470.001%
Pernambuco450.001%
Mato Grosso440.001%
Rio Grande do Norte410.001%
Acre380.005%
Goiás360.001%
Espírito Santo300.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul300.001%
Roraima250.004%
Alagoas210.001%
Rondônia190.001%
Distrito Federal180.001%
Paraíba170.000%

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

The spelling Katerine

The spelling with K and without H, the least recorded in the group.

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.

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 Katerine

What does the name Katerine mean?

The meaning of Katerine 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 Katerine in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,827 people with the first name Katerine, which ranks it number 5,449 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Katerine is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,817 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Katerine?

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

In which Brazilian state is Katerine most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.002% of the state's population is named Katerine (114 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Katerine?

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

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