Around the world, كاتمة (كاتمة 
) is quite a rare predominantly girly, but scarcely boy's first name. The first name كاتمة is characteristic of Iraq, where it is quite a rare primarily female, but very seldom boy's name, Oman, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Libya. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Iraq, Sudan, and Egypt. Much less frequently, كاتمة is the last name as well as the forename.