Given name
Katrine
“one who is pure; virginal”
Katrine is a variant of Katherine. In Greek use, Katherine carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Katrine is a variant of Katherine. In Greek use, Katherine carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish Gaelic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Katrine 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
Katrine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 903
- 0 boys · 903 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 27 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 929 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.
Katrine’s family of names
Katrine has a short form in Trine. Katrine shares a linguistic root with Katherine. In Danish usage, Katrine has a related form in Karin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Katrine has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Irish roots to each of them.
12 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Katherinevariant
- Karidiminutive · English
- Katharinefull form
- Kathrinevariant · Norwegian, Danish
- Karinvariant · Norwegian, Danish
- Cathrinevariant · Norwegian, Danish
- Trineshort form · Danish
- Tinediminutive · Danish
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 41
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Catalinaequivalent
- Catherineequivalent
- Katieequivalent
- Karenequivalent
- Katerinaequivalent
- Catarinaequivalent
- Katiaequivalent
- Katyequivalent
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- Katyaequivalent
- Caterinaequivalent
- Ekaterinaequivalent
- KatharinaGerman
- Kaisaequivalent
- Cathrynequivalent
- Carinequivalent
- Kajsaequivalent
- Katjaequivalent
- Kathieequivalent
- Kareenequivalent
- Katarzynaequivalent
- Catrinequivalent
- Cathieequivalent
- Catharineequivalent
- Katriequivalent
- Kaarinaequivalent
- Katalinequivalent
- Katrīnaequivalent
- Ekaterineequivalent
- Katriinaequivalent
- Chatrineequivalent
- Katriinequivalent
- Jekaterinaequivalent
- Katariinaequivalent
- Kateřinaequivalent
- КатринаRussian
- Kattaliitborrowing · Greenlandic
- Kattakborrowing · Greenlandic
- Kattaborrowing · Greenlandic
- Katrijnequivalent
- Katarínaequivalent
- Екатеринаequivalent
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Katrine
- Katrine LundeNorwegian handball goalkeeperborn 1980
- Katrine FruelundDanish handball playerborn 1978
- Katrine VejeDanish footballerborn 1991
- Katrine CamilleriMaltese lawyerborn 1970
- Katrine EngbergDanish actress and novelistborn 1975
- Katrine AalerudNorwegian cyclistborn 1994
- Katrine KielosSwedish writer and journalistborn 1983
- Katrine AbelDanish soccer playerborn 1990
- Katrine PedersenDanish footballerborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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