Katya
A girls’ name of Russian origin, meaning pure; a form of Catherine or Ekaterina.
Katya by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Katya. In the US, 54 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 146 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Catherine
Like Katya, 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)
- 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 Katya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Katya
Names that are said the same way as Katya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Catiapure; a form of Catarina or Cathy10 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean purity
Like Katya, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Katya
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