Given name
Kachina
“a spiritual dancer”
Kachina is used as a given name. One Native American interpretation is “a spiritual dancer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “a spiritual dancer.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
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
Kachina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 296
- 0 boys · 296 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 20 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 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 290 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.
Kachina’s family of names
Kachina has a related form in Kacheana. Kachina has a related form in Kacheanah. Kachina has a related form in Kacheena.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kacheanahvariant
- Kacheanavariant
- Kacheenahvariant
- Kachynahvariant
- Kacheenavariant
- Kachynavariant
- Kachinehvariant
- Kachinahvariant
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