Katherine
Katherine is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Pure.
What Katherine means
Pure.
Katherine is a long name at 9 letters, which usually means a nickname will appear whether you plan one or not, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Katherine comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Katherine is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Katherine?
You will not find Katherine in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Katherine
Katherine sits in our the long-established classics group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Classic
Names like Katherine
These share Katherine's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Cora — Maiden.
- Margaret — Pearl.
- Penelope — Weaver; faithful.
- Sophia — Wisdom.
- Agnes — Pure and holy.
- Ariadne — Most holy and pure.
- Catherine — Pure.
- Dorothy — Gift of God.
- Helen — Light; a torch.
- Helena — Bright, shining light.
- Hermione — Messenger; of the earth.
- Irene — Peace.