Katerina
Pronounced K EY1 T R IY1 N AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1998
- 121 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Katerina?
Katerina is a girls' name, and first appears in 1904. It has been given to 10,863 children — the 1,340th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1998, when 312 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Caterina and Katerena — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Katerina and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Caterina
- Katerena
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K EY1 T R IY1 N AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 110
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Katerina
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Katerina
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Katerina?
- Katerina ranks 1,340th among girls' names in US records, with 10,863 births since 1904. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,262.
- Is Katerina a unisex name?
- No. Katerina is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Katerina most popular?
- 1998, when 312 children were given the name. It has been in use for 121 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Katerina spelled?
- Caterina, Katerena. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.