Kateřina
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Catherine
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/katɛr̝ɪna/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kateřina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country, where it is the 23rd most common given name.
- CZCzechia1 in 45(measured from records)
- GRGreece≈1 in 964
- BGBulgaria≈1 in 1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kateřina itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Czechia (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 340 (measured from records)
- 1 in 45 (inferred from the name graph)
236,254 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Katerina in US United States, RU Russia, GR Greece and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Catherine
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kateřina 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | #23 | 236,254 | 1 in 45 | 236K | Kateřina | 171 |
| RU Russia | #774 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.7K | #233 | Katerina | 147 |
| GR Greece | #74 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 964 | 49 | Katerina | 163 |
| US United States | — | 9,171 | 1 in 36K | 9.2K | Katerina | 340 |
| CY Cyprus | #57 | 7,651as Κατερινα | 1 in 166 | 7.7K | Katerina | 92 |
| MK North Macedonia | #33 | 7,157as Катерина | 1 in 297 | 7.2K | Katerina | 50 |
| BG Bulgaria | #283 | ≈6,900 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Katerina | 99 |
236,254 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. 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: MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census); State Statistical Office — living population names. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Catherine I of Russiab. 1684RUnot in their usual nameThe first Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727
- Kateřina Neumannováb. 1973CZCzech cross country skier
- Kateřina Holánováb. 1977CZCzech actress
- Kateřina Tučkováb. 1980CZCzech writer
- Kateřina Konečnáb. 1981CZCzech politician
- Kateřina Emmonsb. 1983CZCzech sport shooter
- Kateřina Novotnáb. 1984CZCzech speed skater
- Katerina Hartlovab. 1985CZCzech pornographic actress, born 1985
- Kateřina Siniakováb. 1996CZCzech tennis player
- Kateřina Svitkováb. 1996CZCzech association football player
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 236K | #18 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 118K | #20 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 118K | #20 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2024 | — | #41 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2023 | — | #34 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2022 | — | #36 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2019 | — | #29 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2018 | — | #19 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2017 | — | #13 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2016 | — | #16 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- What does the name Kateřina mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Catherine Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Kateřina?
- In the etymology graph, Kathleen, Catherine and Katherine are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Kateřina?
- A machine transcription gives /katɛr̝ɪna/ (IPA) for Czech.
- Is Kateřina a male or female name?
- Kateřina 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.
- In which country does Kateřina have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 236 thousand people named Kateřina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kateřina.
- Where is Kateřina most common?
- Kateřina is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 45 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Kateřina?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 236,254 people named Kateřina, about 1 in 45 residents.
- How common is Kateřina compared with other names?
- In Czechia, Kateřina is the 23rd most common given name of 16,679 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Kateřina?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kate%C5%99inaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Kateřina” — the 23rd most common given name in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.