Katrina

Where Katrina comes from

The dictionaries list Katrina as a given name — a female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Catherine; variant form Katrine — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1895
    First appearance
    #1,592 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1982
    Peak, #87
    3,322 babies named Katrina — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1983
    Katrina Kaif born
    British actress (1981-present)
  4. 1988
    Katrina Bowden born
    American actress and model
  5. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #191.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Catherine; variant form Katrine.
Namesakes
  • Katrina Kaif · British actress (1981-present), born 1983
  • Katrina Bowden · American actress and model, born 1988
  • Katrina Law · American actress, born 1985
  • Katrina Lehis · Estonian fencer, born 1994
  • Katrina Leskanich · American singer, born 1960

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.