Cathryn
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning pure; a form of Catherine.
Cathryn by the numbers
Cathryn was given to 37 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 367 babies in 1956, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Catherine
Like Cathryn, 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.
- Catalinapure; Spanish form of Catherine1,218 in the US (2017)
- 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)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cathryn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Camryncrooked nose; a modern respelling of Cameron881 in the US (2017)
- Cameryncrooked nose; a respelling of Cameron71 in the US (2017)
- Cathypure; a form of Catherine31 in the US (2017)
- Catrinpure; a form of Catherine10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cathrinea form of Catherine, pure8 in the US (2017)
- Catherinpure; a variant spelling of Catherine5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Cathryn
Names that are said the same way as Cathryn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean purity
Like Cathryn, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Cathryn
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