Entry № 1811 · Celtic origin

Catrin Catrin — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KAH-trin /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Celtic
Meaning
"Pure (Welsh Catherine + Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "pure (welsh catherine + catrin ferch owain glyndŵr)".

Catrin is from the Welsh Catrin — Welsh rendition of Catherine — from the Greek Aikaterine (pure). Catrin is one of the Welsh feminine names — central to traditional Welsh-language heritage. Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr (c. Welsh-language feminine name.

Pure (Welsh Catherine + Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr) — a Celtic name.

The name in its native script.

Catrin
Transliteration
Catrin
Pronunciation
/ ˈkɑː.trɪn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Catrin stands.

Catrin 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.

Catrins before her.

Real people
Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr
Last native Welsh Prince's daughter.
c. 1390 – 1413
In fiction
Catrin
Welsh Catherine.

Names connected to Catrin.

The number behind Catrin.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Catrin reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.