Katori

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Katori by the numbers

Katori was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Katori

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 Katori. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kateripure; a form of Katherine47 in the US (2017)
  • Kaorifragrance; scent46 in the US (2017)
  • Kamori35 in the US (2017)
  • Kamarithe moon; Arabic origin674 in the US (2017)
  • Katerinpure; a form of Katherine14 in the US (2017)
  • Kaurikauri tree of new zealand10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Katori

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

Names about as common as Katori

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