Given name & surname
Kaisa
“one who is pure; virginal”
Kaisa is a variant of Katherine. In Greek use, Katherine carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kaisa is a variant of Katherine. In Greek use, Katherine carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Kaisa is a diminutive of Katariina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Kaisa is a variant 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
Kaisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 697
- 0 boys · 697 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,296 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,296 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 700 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.
Kaisa’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Kaisa has a diminutive in KAISU. In Finnish usage, Kaisa shares a linguistic root with the Swedish form Kajsa. Kaisa has a related form in Katherine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kaisa 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 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 42
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Catalinaequivalent
- Kaiaequivalent
- Katieequivalent
- Karenequivalent
- Katerinaequivalent
- Katarinaequivalent
- Catarinaequivalent
- Katiaequivalent
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- Katrinaequivalent
- Katyequivalent
- Katyaequivalent
- Caterinaequivalent
- Ekaterinaequivalent
- Katharinaequivalent
- Kathrineequivalent
- Catharinaequivalent
- Cathrynequivalent
- Carinequivalent
- Karinequivalent
- Katjaequivalent
- Kajsacognate · Swedish
- Katriequivalent
- Katrinequivalent
- Kaarinaequivalent
- Kathieequivalent
- Katalinequivalent
- Kareenequivalent
- Katrineequivalent
- Cathrineequivalent
- Katarzynaequivalent
- Catrinequivalent
- Cathieequivalent
- Catharineequivalent
- Katrijnequivalent
- Katarínaequivalent
- Ekaterineequivalent
- Екатеринаequivalent
- Katriinaequivalent
- Chatrineequivalent
- Katriinequivalent
- Jekaterinaequivalent
- Kateřinaequivalent
People named Kaisa
- Kaisa MäkäräinenFinnish biathleteborn 1983
- Kaisa Parviainenathletics competitor (1914–2002)
- Kaisa JuusoFinnish politicianborn 1960
- Kaisa MatomäkiFinnish mathematicianborn 1985
- Kaisa VarisFinnish cross-country skierborn 1975
- Kaisa AlankoFinnish volleyball playerborn 1993
- Kaisa CollinFinnish association football player and coachborn 1997
- Kaisa KorhonenFinnish theatre director and singer (1941–2024)
- Kaisa PajusaluEstonian rower (born 1989)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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