What does Catherine mean?

Catherine means "pure; torture"

How do we pronounce Catherine?

Catherine \cat-he-ri-ne, ca-ther-ine\ is a female's name. It consists of 9 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Catherine is pronounced in English as KAE-THahRihN or KAE-THRihN, in French as KaeTahRIYN or KaeTRIYN 1.

1 Pronunciation for Catherine: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

What is the origin of Catherine?

Catherine's language of origin is Old Greek. It is used predominantly in English and French. Catherine is a spelling variant of Katherine meaning (English). The contracted forms Cat name variations (English) and nicknames for Cath (English), the diminutives Cate pronounciation (English), name Catey origin (English), Cathie meaning of name (English), what does the name Cathy mean (English), Catie name popularity (English), meaning of Caty (English), Karen name (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), and name Katie origin (English), and the spelling variants Catharin name variations (English), baby name Catharine (English), nicknames for Catheren (English), name Catherin origin (English), name Catheryn (English), and Katherine meaning and origin (English) are forms of the name. See also the related form, nicknames for Ann Catherine. Catherine is an all-time favorite. Currently it is still a popular baby girl name, but not to the degree it was in the past. Its usage peaked in 1914 with 0.831% of baby girls being named Catherine. It had a ranking of #18 then. The baby name has experienced a drop in popularity since then, and is of only modest use now. In 2010, it ranked at #193 with a usage of 0.082%, however it was nevertheless the 3rd most popular after nicknames for Katherine and Katie definition, among all girl names in its family. The name was twice as popular as Catherine in 2010. The name Catherine has been mainly given to baby girls, although it has also been used as a boy name in the last century. There were 129 times as many baby girls than boys who were named Catherine in 1908.

The following famous people share the name Catherine:

  • Actress Catherine Bach, born Catherine Bachman 1 March 1954, Warren, Ohio
  • Actress Catherine Deneuve, born Catherine Dorléac 22 October 1943, Paris, France
  • Actress Catherine Keener, born 26 March 1960, Miami, Florida
  • Actress Catherine O'Hara, born 4 March 1954, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, born 25 September 1969
  • Royalty Catherine of Aragon, born 16 December 1485 - 7 January 1536, Alcala de Henares, Spain.

List of baby names that sound like Catherine:

Katharine definition (English), name Catrine (English), name Kathrynn origin (English), Kathrynne definition (English), nicknames for Caterin, name Caterine origin (English), meaning of Catharen, Catharyn meaning, Catharyne name, meaning of Catheren (English), meaning of Catheryn (English), what does the name Cathrina mean (German), Catreena pronounciation, meaning of Catrina (English), name Catríona meaning (English and Gaelic), Cotreana meaning, Cotreena meaning, Cotreenah name, Cotrena meaning and origin, and what does the name Cotrina mean.

The baby name Catherine fun facts:

The name Catherine in reverse order is "Enirehtac".

The numerological value of the name Catherine is number 2, which means cooperation, adaptability, consideration of others, partnering, mediating.

How popular is Catherine?

Catherine is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.11%
20130.11%
20120.11%
20110.11%
20100.09%
20090.10%
20080.12%
20070.13%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames