Given name & surname
Catalin
“one who is pure; chaste”·“one who is pure; virginal”
Catalin is a variant of Catlin. One Irish interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.” Catalin is a variant of Catherine. One English interpretation is “one who is pure; virginal.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Catalin is a variant of Catlin. One Irish interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.” Catalin is a variant of Catherine. One English interpretation is “one who is pure; virginal.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Catalin is a variant of Catlin. An origin associated with Catlin is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Catalin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 647 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Catalin’s family of names
Catalin has a related form in Catherine. Catalin has a related form in Catlin.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Catalin
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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