Given name & surname
Katalin
“one who is pure; virginal”
Katalin is a variant of Katherine. In Greek use, Katherine carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Katalin is a variant of Katherine. In Greek use, Katherine carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Katalin 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
Katalin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 400
- 0 boys · 400 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 23 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 6 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,559 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.
Katalin’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Katalin has a diminutive in Kati. Katalin has a related form in Katherine. In Hungarian usage, Katalin has a conventional equivalent in the English form Catherine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Katalin has relatives in 9 languages.
15 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Katherinevariant
- Katinkadiminutive · Hungarian
- Katidiminutive · Hungarian
- Kataclipped form · Hungarian
- Katikadiminutive · Hungarian
- Katódiminutive · Hungarian
- Katicadiminutive · Hungarian
- Katusdiminutive · Hungarian
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Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 46
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Catalinaequivalent
- CatherineFrench, English
- Kateequivalent
- Katieequivalent
- Karenequivalent
- Catarinaequivalent
- Katiaequivalent
- Katrinaequivalent
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- Katyequivalent
- Kathyequivalent
- Katyaequivalent
- CaterinaItalian
- Ekaterinaequivalent
- KatharinaGerman
- Kathrineequivalent
- Kaisaequivalent
- Cathyequivalent
- Catharinaequivalent
- Cathrynequivalent
- Karinequivalent
- Carinequivalent
- Kajsaequivalent
- Katjaequivalent
- Kathieequivalent
- Kareenequivalent
- Katrineequivalent
- Cathrineequivalent
- Katarzynaequivalent
- Catrinequivalent
- Cathieequivalent
- Catharineequivalent
- Katriequivalent
- Katrinequivalent
- Kaarinaequivalent
- Ekaterineequivalent
- Katriinaequivalent
- Chatrineequivalent
- Katriinequivalent
- Jekaterinaequivalent
- Katariinaequivalent
- 凱瑟琳Chinese
- ΑικατερίνηGreek
- KateřinaCzech
- Katrijnequivalent
- Katarínaequivalent
- Екатеринаequivalent
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Katalin
- Katalin NovákPresident of Hungary from 2022 to 2024born 1977
- Katalin KarikóHungarian biochemistborn 1955
- Katalin SzőkeHungarian swimmer (1935-2017)
- Katalin KovácsHungarian kayakerborn 1976
- Katalin KarádyHungarian actress and singer (1910–1990)
- Kati KovácsHungarian recording artist; actress and singerborn 1944
- Ecaterina Stahl-IencicRomanian fencer (1946–2009)
- Katalin MakrayOlympic gymnast, First Lady of Hungaryborn 1945
- Katalin SziliSpeaker of the National Assembly of Hungary (1956–)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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