Given name
Katarzyna
“one who is pure; virginal”
Katarzyna is a form of Katherine. In Greek use, Katherine carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Katarzyna is a form of Katherine. In Greek use, Katherine carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Katarzyna is used as a form of Katherine.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Katarzyna is a form 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
Katarzyna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 721
- 0 boys · 721 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 41 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,166 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.
Katarzyna’s family of names
In Polish usage, Katarzyna has a diminutive in Kasia. Katarzyna shares a linguistic root with Katherine. In Polish usage, Katarzyna has a conventional equivalent in the English form Catherine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Katarzyna has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
17 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 52
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Catalinaequivalent
- CatherineFrench, English
- Kateequivalent
- Katieequivalent
- Karenequivalent
- Katerinaequivalent
- Katarinaequivalent
- Catarinaequivalent
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- Katiaequivalent
- Katrinaequivalent
- Katyequivalent
- Kathyequivalent
- Katyaequivalent
- CaterinaItalian
- Ekaterinaequivalent
- KatharinaGerman
- Kathrineequivalent
- Kaisaequivalent
- Catharinaequivalent
- Cathyequivalent
- Cathrynequivalent
- Carinequivalent
- Karinequivalent
- Kajsaequivalent
- Katjaequivalent
- Catrinequivalent
- Cathieequivalent
- Catharineequivalent
- Katriequivalent
- Kaarinaequivalent
- Katalinequivalent
- Katrineequivalent
- Kathieequivalent
- Kareenequivalent
- Cathrineequivalent
- KathrinGerman
- KatrinGerman
- Кацярынаequivalent
- Katsiarynaequivalent
- 凱瑟琳Chinese
- ЕкатеринаRussian
- Катаринаcognate · rsk
- ΑικατερίνηGreek
- KateřinaCzech
- Katrijnequivalent
- Katarínaequivalent
- Ekaterineequivalent
- Katriinaequivalent
- Chatrineequivalent
- Katriinequivalent
- Jekaterinaequivalent
- Katariinaequivalent
People named Katarzyna
- Katarzyna Niewiadoma-PhinneyPolish professional cyclist (born 1994)
- Kasia SmutniakPolish actress and model (1979)
- Kasia KowalskaPolish singerborn 1973
- Katarzyna KobroPolish sculptor (1898-1951)
- Katarzyna LubnauerPolish politician and deputyborn 1969
- Katarzyna FiguraPolish actressborn 1962
- Katarzyna PawłowskaPolish racing cyclistborn 1989
- Katarzyna PiterPolish tennis playerborn 1991
- Katarzyna Bachleda-CuruśPolish speed skaterborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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