Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ekaterini through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 202
- 0 boys · 202 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 15 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 8 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 679 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.
Ekaterini’s family of names
In English usage, Ekaterini shares an earlier linguistic root with Catherine. In English usage, Ekaterini was borrowed from the Greek form Αικατερίνη.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ekaterini
- Katerina StefanidiGreek pole vaulterborn 1990
- Aikaterini LaskaridouGreek pedagogue and teacher1842–1916
- Ekaterini VoggoliGreek discus throwerborn 1970
- Ekaterini KoffaGreek sprinterborn 1969
- Catherine Zaccariadespoina of Morea - (after 1453) Eastern Roman Empress consort1500–1462
- Ekaterini PavlidouGreek chess playerborn 1993
- Aikaterini TrikoupiGreek politician1800–1871
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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