Entry № 5290 · Greek origin

Katherine Katherine — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KATH-rin /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Pure (iconic Katherine Johnson NASA Hidden Figures Presidential Medal)"

Syllables

First recorded

Medieval (English)

The meaning

A name that means "pure (iconic katherine johnson nasa hidden figures presidential medal)".

Katherine is from the Greek katharos (pure). Princess Katherine — Greek-Christian heritage naming.

Pure (iconic Katherine Johnson NASA Hidden Figures Presidential Medal) — a Greek name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Katherine

Transliteration: Katherine
Pronunciation: / ˈkæθ.rɪn /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Katherine stands.

Katherine 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.

Namesakes

Katherines before her.

Real people

Katherine Johnson

Iconic NASA mathematician + Presidential Medal of Freedom + Hidden Figures.

1918 – 2020

Princess Katherine of Cambridge (Kate)

British royal + future Queen Consort.

born 1982

In fiction

Katherine

Greek for pure.

Names connected to Katherine.

Numerology

The number behind Katherine.

The Leader

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