Caterina
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Caterina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Greek. See {Katherine in main dictionary.
- ITItaly≈1 in 1K(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina≈1 in 16K
- ESSpain1 in 17K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 234 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈61,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Greek. See {Katherine in main dictionary. Cecilia ° From Latin. See main dictionary.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Caterina counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | #175 | ≈61,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | 609 | Caterina | 193 |
| US United States | — | 4,259 | 1 in 78K | 4.3K | Caterina | 234 |
| ES Spain | #896 | 2,898 | 1 in 17K | 2.9K | Caterina | 101 |
| AR Argentina | #999 | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 16K | 67 | Caterina | 61 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 56K | 295 | — | 3 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈780 est. | ≈1 in 15K | 38 | Caterina | 26 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈710 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 25 | Caterina | 50 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Caterina is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, a female given name, equivalent to English Catherine
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, Nome tradizionalmente spiegato dal greco katharós 'puro', ma l'etimologia è incerta.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, dal gr. Aikaterine, di etimologia incerta
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, Dal gr. Aikateríne, etimologia incerta; forma russa: Ekaterina.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, do nome grego Hekateríne; nome de santa, de grande difusão
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Caterina da Sienab. 1347ITItalian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
- Catarina Cornerb. 1454ITnot in their usual nameQueen of Cyprus
- Caterina Sforzab. 1463ITLady of Imola and Countess of Forlì (1463-1509)
- Catherine de' Medicib. 1519FRnot in their usual namequeen-consort and regent of France (1519–1589)
- Víctor Catalàb. 1869ESnot in their usual nameSpanish writer (1869-1966)
- Caterina Borattob. 1915ITItalian actress (1915-2010)
- Caterina Valenteb. 1931FRItalian-French multilingual singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress (1931–2024)
- Caterina Casellib. 1946ITItalian singer and record producer (1946-)
- Caterina Murinob. 1977ITItalian actress
- Caterina Scorsoneb. 1981CACanadian actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 82 sources across 36 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4.3K | #4,406 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 2.9K | #1,347 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 2.8K | #696 |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 609 | #63 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1980 | 295 | #1,245 |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 2015 | 55 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 2015 | 55 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 51 | #1,051 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 29 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 8 | #4,406 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2014 | 5 | #1,436 |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Caterina come from?
- From Greek. See {Katherine in main dictionary. Cecilia ° From Latin. See main dictionary. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What does the name Caterina mean?
- Recorded meaning: From Greek. See {Katherine in main dictionary.
- What are other forms of the name Caterina?
- In the etymology graph, Kathleen, Catherine and Katherine are forms of the same name in other languages; Rina is a recorded short or pet form.
- In which country does Caterina have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 61 thousand people named Caterina in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled caterina.
- Is Caterina a male or female name?
- Caterina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Caterina?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,259 people named Caterina in 2020, about 1 in 78 thousand residents.
- How common is Caterina compared with other names?
- In Italy, Caterina is the 175th most common given name of 102,667 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Caterina” — the 175th most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.