Katü

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Katü is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: ‘cat’ (zool.) (Felis catus).

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 8.5M(inferred from the name graph)

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈9 people, est.

Sources
34 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.5M (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Katu in US United States, IN India, DE Germany and 4 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)

‘cat’ (zool.) (Felis catus)

Sources 2

  • Nordic Names
  • Trask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Katü 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.

Where Katü is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈9 est.≈1 in 8.5M—Katu8
US United States———Katu29
IN India——90Katu8
NG Nigeria———Katu9
ZA South Africa———Katu8
AU Australia———Katu34
NZ New Zealand———Katu17

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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Katü is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Katu

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Katü is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In mch, fat, grease

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Katü under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Katü mean, and where does it come from?
‘cat’ (zool.) (Felis catus) Recorded by Nordic Names and Trask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft).
Is Katü a male or female name?
Katü is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Katü have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 9 people named Katü in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled katu.
How common is the name Katü?
Mondonomo estimates about 9 people in Germany have Katü as their first given name, about 1 in 8.5 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Katü”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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