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Meaning of the nameKathia

Kathia is a spelling of the name Kátia.

Meaning

The meaning of Kathia 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)
1,434
Rank in Brazil
#6,468
Median age
47 years
2010 Census
1,154
people

Kathia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kathia, 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 (391 people).

1,431 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 Kathia is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.001%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  3. Paraná 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3840.001%
Rio de Janeiro1530.001%
Minas Gerais1460.001%
Paraná1190.001%
Santa Catarina1070.001%
Pernambuco620.001%
Rio Grande do Sul610.001%
Goiás520.001%
Distrito Federal370.001%
Espírito Santo360.001%
Bahia330.000%
Ceará330.000%
Pará260.000%
Rio Grande do Norte250.001%
Amazonas240.001%
Mato Grosso220.001%
Alagoas220.001%
Paraíba210.001%
Maranhão200.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul180.001%

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

The spelling Kathia

It adds an H after the T, a spelling that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil includes among the variants of Katia.

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

SpellingPeople (2022)
Kátia157,594
Cátia57,306
Kathia1,434

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Cátia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Kátia · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
  3. Behind the Name: Katya · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Katherine · behindthename.com · origin
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Katia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Kathia

What does the name Kathia mean?

The meaning of Kathia 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 Kathia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,434 people with the first name Kathia, which ranks it number 6,468 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Kathia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,431 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Kathia?

Kathia is a name of Slavic and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Kathia most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.001% of the state's population is named Kathia (107 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kathia?

Kátia and Cátia. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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