Given name
Ekaterina
“one who is pure; virginal”
Ekaterina is a variant of Ecaterina. In Greek use, Ecaterina carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ekaterina is a variant of Ecaterina. In Greek use, Ecaterina carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ekaterina comes from Serbo-Croatian and Russian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ekaterina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,003
- 0 boys · 1,003 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #5,970 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −34%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,970 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 34.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,313 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.
Ekaterina’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Ekaterina has a conventional equivalent in the English form Catherine. Ekaterina has a related form in Ecaterina. In English usage, Ekaterina has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Екатерина.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ekaterina has relatives in 4 languages.
2 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 52
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Catalinaequivalent
- Katherineequivalent
- CatherineEnglish
- Kateequivalent
- Katieequivalent
- Karenequivalent
- Katerinaequivalent
- Catarinaequivalent
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- Katiaequivalent
- Katrinaequivalent
- Katyequivalent
- Kathyequivalent
- Katyaequivalent
- Caterinaequivalent
- Katharinaequivalent
- Kathrineequivalent
- Kaisaequivalent
- Cathyequivalent
- Catharinaequivalent
- Katerynaequivalent
- Cathrynequivalent
- Karinequivalent
- Carinequivalent
- Kajsaequivalent
- Katjaequivalent
- Kathieequivalent
- Kareenequivalent
- Cathrineequivalent
- Katijaequivalent
- Katarzynaequivalent
- Catrinequivalent
- Cathieequivalent
- Catharineequivalent
- Ekateriniequivalent
- Katriequivalent
- Katrinequivalent
- Kaarinaequivalent
- Katalinequivalent
- Katrineequivalent
- Кацярынаequivalent
- Katriinaequivalent
- Катеринаequivalent
- Αικατερίνηequivalent
- Chatrineequivalent
- Katriinequivalent
- Jekaterinaequivalent
- Katariinaequivalent
- Katsiarynaequivalent
- Kateřinaequivalent
- Katrijnequivalent
- Katarínaequivalent
- Ekaterineequivalent
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ekaterina
- Ekaterina MakarovaRussian tennis playerborn 1988
- Kato Svanidzefirst wife of Josef Stalin (1885–1907)
- Catherine BreshkovskyRussian politician (1844–1934)
- Yekaterina Vorontsova-DashkovaRussian author and woman of letters (1743-1810)
- Ekaterina ZaharievaEuropean Commissioner and former Deputy PM and minister in Bulgariaborn 1975
- Catherine Pavlovna of RussiaQueen of Wurttemburg1788–1819
- Yekaterina GamovaRussian Olympic volleyball playerborn 1980
- Yekaterina FurtsevaSoviet politician (1910-1974)
- Keke Geladzemother of Joseph Stalin1858–1937
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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