Given name
Ecaterina
“one who is pure; virginal”
Ecaterina is a form of Catherine. One English interpretation is “one who is pure; virginal.” Its derivation is not certain.
Original GreekΑικατερίνη
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Greek use, Ecaterina carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.” Ecaterina is a form of Catherine. One English interpretation is “one who is pure; virginal.” Its derivation is not certain.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
Ecaterina is used as a form of Catherine.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ecaterina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 10 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 10 in 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 656 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.
Ecaterina’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Ecaterina has a later derivative in ECATHERINE. Ecaterina is a form of Catherine. In Romanian usage, Ecaterina has a conventional equivalent in the French form Catherine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ecaterina has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Ekaterinavariant
- Ecterynavariant
- Ecterynevariant
- Ecterinavariant
- Ecterinevariant
- Ekatereenavariant
- Ekaterynavariant
- Ecatereenavariant
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Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ecaterina
- Ecaterina SzaboRomanian artistic gymnast and coach (born 1968)
- Ecaterina OanciaRomanian coxswain (1954–2024)
- Ecaterina AndronescuRomanian engineer, professor and politicianborn 1948
- Ecaterina GuicaRomanian and Canadian judokaborn 1993
- Ecaterina Orb-LazărRomanian fencerborn 1935
- Ecaterina NazareRomanian actressborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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