Cathaleya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cathaleya by the numbers

Cathaleya was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Cathaleya

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cathaleya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cataleyapure; a modern respelling of Catalina or Cataleyah636 in the US (2017)
  • Cattaleyapure; a modern respelling of Catherine62 in the US (2017)
  • Catalayapure; a modern respelling of Catalina or Catherine51 in the US (2017)
  • Cathalinapure; a form of Catherine9 in the US (2017)
  • Catalenaa form of Catalina or Catherine, pure8 in the US (2017)
  • Cattleya140 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cathaleya

Names that are said the same way as Cathaleya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Cathaleya

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