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Katrina

girl name
Origin
German
Syllables
3
Peak era
1970s/2000s
Today
▼ Cooling

Meaning

variant of Katherine, traditionally pure

Goes by Trina

Famously borne by Katrina Lake, founder of Stitch Fix.

The story

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Katrina around the world

One shared root links 26 names across 8 languages.

Shared root: from Greek Aikaterine, linked since early Christian times to katharos "pure", though the name's true origin predates that folk etymology

The constellation

KatrinaGermanKatherineEnglishCatherineFrenchKathleenIrishCaitlinIrishCatarinaPortugueseCaterinaItalian
19 more branches of this family
KatharineEnglish · variantKathrynEnglish · variantKathrineEnglish · variantKatherynEnglish · variantCathrynEnglish · variantCathleenIrish · variantCaitlynEnglish · variantKaitlynEnglish · variantKatelynEnglish · variantKatelynnEnglish · variantKarenDanish · short formKarinScandinavian · short formKarinaScandinavian · related formKateEnglish · short formKatieEnglish · short formKatyEnglish · short formKathyEnglish · short formKayEnglish · short formKittyEnglish · diminutive

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1970s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Katrina peaked in the 1970s and the 2000s in nearly equal measure.

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Popularity in Brazil

736 people · the #10,247 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 250,000 · median age 16

1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Katrina living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

The census also counted 105 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Katrina

Most people given the name Katrina in the United States were born between 1970 and 1999. The Katrina you meet today is most often in her 30s or 40s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Katrina

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The Katrina deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Katrina truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Katrina fits with your family’s names and surname.

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