Given name
Cathrine
“one who is pure; virginal”
Cathrine is a variant of Catherine. One English interpretation is “one who is pure; virginal.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cathrine 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
In Danish use, Cathrine is a variant of Katrine. An origin associated with Katrine is Irish Gaelic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cathrine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,716
- 0 boys · 7,716 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 178 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 178 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,767 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.
Cathrine’s family of names
Cathrine has a related form in Catherine. In English usage, Cathrine has a related form in Katrine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cathrine has relatives in 4 languages.
1 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 39
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Catalinaequivalent
- Katherineequivalent
- Katieequivalent
- Karenequivalent
- Katerinaequivalent
- Catarinaequivalent
- Katiaequivalent
- Katyequivalent
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- Katyaequivalent
- Caterinaequivalent
- Ekaterinaequivalent
- Katharinaequivalent
- Kathrineequivalent
- Kaisaequivalent
- Cathrynequivalent
- Carinequivalent
- Karinequivalent
- Kajsaequivalent
- Katjaequivalent
- Katarzynaequivalent
- Catrinequivalent
- Cathieequivalent
- Catharineequivalent
- Katriequivalent
- Kaarinaequivalent
- Katalinequivalent
- Kathieequivalent
- Kareenequivalent
- Katariinaequivalent
- Kateřinaequivalent
- Catharinequivalent
- Katrijnequivalent
- Katarínaequivalent
- Екатеринаequivalent
- Ekaterineequivalent
- Katriinaequivalent
- Chatrineequivalent
- Katriinequivalent
- Jekaterinaequivalent
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Cathrine
- Cathrine LindahlSwedish female curlerborn 1970
- Katti Anker MøllerNorwegian women's rights activist (1868-1945)
- Cathrine Laudrup-DufourDanish dressage riderborn 1992
- Cathrine Roll-MatthiesenNorwegian handball playerborn 1967
- Cathrine LarsåsenNorwegian pole vaulterborn 1986
- Cathrine DekkerhusNorwegian footballerborn 1992
- Cathrine KraayeveldAmerican basketball player (born 1981)
- Cathrine PaaskeDanish footballerborn 1978
- Musola Cathrine KaseketiZambian filmmakerborn 1968
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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