Entry № 1801 · Portuguese origin

Catarina Catarina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-tah-REE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Portuguese
Meaning
"Pure (Portuguese Catherine)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Medieval (Portuguese)

A name that means "pure (portuguese catherine)".

Catarina is the Portuguese form of Catherine — from the Greek katharos, meaning "pure." Queen Catarina de Bragança (1638-1705) was the Portuguese princess who became Queen of England as wife of Charles II, and who introduced tea-drinking to Britain.

Catarina is widely used in Portugal and Brazil.

Pure (Portuguese Catherine) — a Portuguese name.

The name in its native script.

Catarina
Transliteration
Catarina
Pronunciation
/ ˌkæt.əˈriː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Catarina stands.

Catarina does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Catarinas before her.

Real people
Catarina de Bragança
Queen of England.
1638 – 1705
In fiction
Catarina
Common in Portuguese fiction.

Names connected to Catarina.

The number behind Catarina.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Catarina reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.