Katharine

A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning pure; a form of Katherine.

Babies a year
72
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Katharine by the numbers

Katharine was given to 72 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 952 babies in 1982, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Katherine

Like Katharine, each of these traces back to Katherine: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Katiepure; a diminutive of Katherine770 in the US (2017)
  • Katelynpure; a modern variant of Katherine760 in the US (2017)
  • Kathrynpure; variant spelling of Katherine744 in the US (2017)
  • Kitdiminutive of Christopher or Katherine413 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kaelynpure; a modern variant of Katelyn or Katherine332 in the US (2017)
  • Kathleenpure; a form of Katherine310 in the US (2017)
  • Katrinavariant of Katherine; pure or unsullied193 in the US (2017)
  • Katerinapure; a form of Katherine167 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Katherinepure2,833 in the US (2017)
  • Kathrinepure; a variant spelling of Katherine21 in the US (2017)
  • Katharinapure20 in the US (2017)
  • Katarinapure; a form of Catherine141 in the US (2017)
  • Katherinpure; a form of Katherine38 in the US (2017)
  • Kathalinapure; a form of Katherine22 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Katharine

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

  • Catherinepure; clear1,573 in the US (2017)
  • Katherynpure; a variant spelling of Katherine44 in the US (2017)
  • Catharinepure; a form of Catherine13 in the US (2017)
  • Katherinnepure; a form of Katherine7 in the US (2017)
  • Katherynepure; a form of Catherine6 in the US (2017)
  • Catherinpure; a variant spelling of Catherine5 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean purity

Like Katharine, 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)

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