Katja
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning pure; a form of Katherine.
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
Katja by the numbers
Katja was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 48 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Katherine
Like Katja, 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.
- 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)
- Karipure; a form of Katherine153 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Katja. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Katiapure; diminutive form of Katerina94 in the US (2017)
- Katyapure; a form of Catherine or Ekaterina54 in the US (2017)
- Kajawater; a form of Kaya16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kaijasea; from the word for water18 in the US (2017)
- Kathastory, narrative, tale4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Katiepure; a diminutive of Katherine770 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean purity
Like Katja, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Katja
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