Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Slovenian usage, Katika is a diminutive of Katarina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Katika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39
- 0 boys · 39 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 10 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 5 in 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1978.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Katika’s family of names
In Slovenian usage, Katika is a diminutive of Katarina. In Greek usage, Katika as a surname is a transliteration of Κατικά. In Hungarian usage, Katika is a diminutive of Katalin.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Katika has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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