Given name
Kajsa
In Swedish use, Kajsa is used as an affectionate form of Katarina.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Swedish use, Kajsa is used as an affectionate form of Katarina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kajsa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 406
- 0 boys · 406 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,039 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,039 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 442 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.
Kajsa’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Kajsa is a diminutive of Karin. In Swedish usage, Kajsa shares a linguistic root with the Finnish form Kaisa. Kajsa is an affectionate form of Katarina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 46
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Catalinaequivalent
- Katherineequivalent
- Catherineequivalent
- Katieequivalent
- Karenequivalent
- Katerinaequivalent
- Catarinaequivalent
- Katiaequivalent
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- Katrinaequivalent
- Katyequivalent
- Katyaequivalent
- Caterinaequivalent
- Ekaterinaequivalent
- Katharinaequivalent
- Kajaequivalent
- Kathrineequivalent
- Kaisacognate · Finnish
- Kaijaequivalent
- Catharinaequivalent
- Cathrynequivalent
- Carinequivalent
- Katjaequivalent
- Katriequivalent
- Ajsaequivalent
- Katrinequivalent
- Kaarinaequivalent
- Kathieequivalent
- Katalinequivalent
- Kareenequivalent
- Katrineequivalent
- Cathrineequivalent
- Katarzynaequivalent
- Catrinequivalent
- Cathieequivalent
- Catharineequivalent
- Katrijnequivalent
- Katarínaequivalent
- Ekaterineequivalent
- Екатеринаequivalent
- Katriinaequivalent
- Chatrineequivalent
- Katriinequivalent
- Jekaterinaequivalent
- Katariinaequivalent
- Cajsaequivalent
- Kateřinaequivalent
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kajsa
- Kajsa BergqvistSwedish high jumperborn 1976
- Kajsa OllongrenDutch politicianborn 1967
- Kajsa BergströmSwedish female curlerborn 1981
- Kajsa KlingSwedish female alpine skierborn 1988
- Kajsa ErnstSwedish actressborn 1962
- Kajsa Vickhoff LieNorwegian alpine skierborn 1998
- Kajsa Reingardtactressborn 1957
- Kajsa GryttSwedish musicianborn 1961
- Kajsa RothSwedish athlete (born 2006)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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