Catharine
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning pure; a form of Catherine.
Catharine by the numbers
Catharine was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 281 babies in 1915, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Catherine
Like Catharine, each of these traces back to Catherine: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Karenpure; a form of Catherine559 in the US (2017)
- Katarinapure; a form of Catherine141 in the US (2017)
- Cattaleyapure; a modern respelling of Catherine62 in the US (2017)
- Caterinapure; Italian form of Catherine56 in the US (2017)
- Katyapure; a form of Catherine or Ekaterina54 in the US (2017)
- Catalayapure; a modern respelling of Catalina or Catherine51 in the US (2017)
- Catepure; a form of Catherine38 in the US (2017)
- Cathrynpure; a form of Catherine37 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Catharine. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Catharine
Names that are said the same way as Catharine, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Katherinepure2,833 in the US (2017)
- Katharinepure; a form of Katherine72 in the US (2017)
- Katherynpure; a variant spelling of Katherine44 in the US (2017)
- Katherinpure; a form of Katherine38 in the US (2017)
- Katherinnepure; a form of Katherine7 in the US (2017)
- Katherynepure; a form of Catherine6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean purity
Like Catharine, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
- Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
- Catalinapure; Spanish form of Catherine1,218 in the US (2017)
- Katepure; a form of katherine1,162 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Catharine
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