Given name
Kathrine
“one who is pure; virginal”
In Danish use, Kathrine has a related form in Catherine. One English interpretation is “one who is pure; virginal.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Danish use, Kathrine has a related form in Catherine. One English interpretation is “one who is pure; virginal.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Norwegian use, Kathrine is a variant of Katrine. An origin associated with Katrine is Irish Gaelic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Kathrine 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
Kathrine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15,775
- 0 boys · 15,775 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 275 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,312 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,312 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 20.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 275 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,914 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.
Kathrine’s family of names
Kathrine has a related form in Katherine. In Danish usage, Kathrine has a related form in Catherine. In Danish usage, Kathrine has a conventional equivalent in the German form Katharina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kathrine has relatives in 4 languages.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 41
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Catalinaequivalent
- Katieequivalent
- Karenequivalent
- Katerinaequivalent
- Katarinaequivalent
- Catarinaequivalent
- Katiaequivalent
- Katrinaequivalent
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- Katyequivalent
- Katyaequivalent
- Caterinaequivalent
- Ekaterinaequivalent
- KatharinaGerman
- Kaisaequivalent
- Catharinaequivalent
- Cathrynequivalent
- Carinequivalent
- Karinequivalent
- Kajsaequivalent
- Katjaequivalent
- Catrinequivalent
- Cathieequivalent
- Catharineequivalent
- Katriequivalent
- Katrinequivalent
- Kaarinaequivalent
- Katalinequivalent
- Kathieequivalent
- Kareenequivalent
- Cathrineequivalent
- Katarzynaequivalent
- Kateřinaequivalent
- Katrijnequivalent
- Katarínaequivalent
- Екатеринаequivalent
- Ekaterineequivalent
- Katriinaequivalent
- Chatrineequivalent
- Katriinequivalent
- Jekaterinaequivalent
- Katariinaequivalent
People named Kathrine
- Kathrine SwitzerAmerican marathon runner, author, and television commentatorborn 1947
- Kathrine NarducciAmerican actressborn 1965
- Kathrine HeindahlDanish handball playerborn 1992
- Kathrine TaylorAmerican writer (1903–1997)1904–1997
- Kathrine Møller KühlDanish association football playerborn 2003
- Kathrine HarsemNorwegian cross-country skierborn 1989
- Kathleen Le MessurierAustralian tennis player (1898–1981)
- Kathrine WindfeldDanish film director1966–2015
- Kathrine SørlandNorwegian modelborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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