Given name & surname
Catrin
“one who is pure; virginal”
Catrin is a variant of Catherine. One English interpretation is “one who is pure; virginal.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Catrin is a variant of Catherine. One English interpretation is “one who is pure; virginal.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Catrin is a form of Katherine. The history of Katherine gives this family its wider story. Katherine’s historical associations include Catherine de’ Medici, wife of King Henry II and regent.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Catrin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39
- 0 boys · 39 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 9 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 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 236 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.
Catrin’s family of names
Catrin shares a linguistic root with Katherine. Catrin has a related form in Catherine. Catrin is a form of Katherine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Catrin has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 45
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Catalinaequivalent
- Katherinecognate
- Katieequivalent
- Kathrynequivalent
- Karenequivalent
- Katerinaequivalent
- Katarinaequivalent
- Catarinaequivalent
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- Katiaequivalent
- Katrinaequivalent
- Katyequivalent
- Katyaequivalent
- Caterinaequivalent
- Ekaterinaequivalent
- KatharinaGerman
- Kaisaequivalent
- Kathrineequivalent
- Catharinaequivalent
- Cathrynequivalent
- Carinequivalent
- Karinequivalent
- Kajsaequivalent
- Katjaequivalent
- Cathieequivalent
- Catharineequivalent
- Katriequivalent
- Kaarinaequivalent
- Katalinequivalent
- Katrineequivalent
- Kathieequivalent
- Kareenequivalent
- Cathrineequivalent
- Katarzynaequivalent
- Kateřinaequivalent
- Catharinequivalent
- 凱瑟琳Chinese
- Katrijnequivalent
- Katarínaequivalent
- Екатеринаequivalent
- Ekaterineequivalent
- Katriinaequivalent
- Chatrineequivalent
- Katriinequivalent
- Jekaterinaequivalent
- Katariinaequivalent
People named Catrin
- Catrin FinchWelsh harpistborn 1980
- Catrin StewartWelsh actressborn 1988
- Catrin WesterlundSwedish actress (1934-1982)
- Catrine JohanssonSwedish association football playerborn 1991
- Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵrdaughter of Owain Glyndŵr1350–1413
- Catrin NilsmarkSwedish professional golferborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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