Katerina

Where Katerina comes from

The dictionaries list Katerina as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1566
    Katerina Vitale born
    first female pharmacist and chemist in Malta
  2. 1954
    First appearance
    #5,753 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1956
    Katerina Sakellaropoulou born
    Greek judge, former president of the Hellenic Republic
  4. 1994
    Peak, #807
    250 babies named Katerina — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Katerina Sakellaropoulou · Greek judge, former president of the Hellenic Republic, born 1956
  • Katerina Vitale · first female pharmacist and chemist in Malta, 1566–1619
  • Katerina Thanou · Greek sprint athlete, born 1975
  • Katerina Maleeva · Bulgarian tennis player, born 1969
  • Katerina Batzeli · Greek politician, born 1958

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.