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Katarina

Meaning: Possibly each of the two; popularly linked to pure
Origin: Variant of Katherine · Greek; etymology debated (from Greek)

Girl's name · #1788 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

Katarina reached #477 in 1994 and has eased to #1788 since. About 9,400 girls have carried it since 1958.

Across the states

See where Katarina is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Katarina is especially popular in Bosnia (Rep. Srpska).

#9 in Bosnia (Rep. Srpska) (2025) · #74 in Slovenia (2025) · #96 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2025) · #267 in Austria (2025) · #376 in Norway (2025) · #651 in Sweden (2025) · #841 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,790 in France (2025) · #1,423 in Canada (2024).

Famous Katarinas

Katarina Witt — German figure skater
Katarina Srebotnik — Slovenian female tennis player
Katarina Taikon — Swedish Romani writer-actor
Katarina Barley — German politician
Katarina Johnson-Thompson — British heptathlete

In stories & tradition

Katarina — Doctor Who (TV series)
Katarina Stratford — 10 Things I Hate About You (film)
Katarina Vogelhuber — The White Horse Inn (musical stage work)

What Katarinas become

Among 1,063 notable people named Katarina:

Medical professionals appear 1.9× more often than among typical names — e.g. Katarina Svanberg, Swedish biomedical imaging researcher.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Catarina (#1897), Katarina would rank around #1104 with about 220 births last year — the newborns split about 52/48 between Katarina and Catarina.

Similar names: Katrina · Alex · Carina · Sarina · Nicolette · Katia

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