Entry № 5286 · Mohawk origin

Kateri Kateri — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KAH-teh-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Mohawk
Meaning
"Pure (Native American Catherine)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Native American)

A name that means "pure (native american catherine)".

Kateri is the Mohawk-Algonquin form of Catherine — adopted by Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680), the first Native American Catholic saint.

Kateri is widely used among Native American Catholic families.

Pure. The first Native American Catholic saint.

The name in its native script.

Kateri
Transliteration
Kateri
Pronunciation
/ ˈkɑː.tə.ri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kateri stands.

Kateri 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.

Kateris before her.

Real people
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
First Native American Catholic saint.
1656 – 1680
In fiction
Kateri
Common in Native American Catholic communities.

Names connected to Kateri.

The number behind Kateri.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kateri reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.