Katrina
Most Poles have never met a Katrina: it sits far down the register, well past the thousandth spot. It's a shorter branch of the same Greek family as Katarzyna and Katherine, grown from Aikaterine and later read as "pure".
Katrina Pronunciation
Katrina is pronounced kaht-REE-nah (/katˈrina/).
What Katrina means
Where Katrina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Katrina descends from the Greek Aikaterine, the same root that gives us Katherine and, in Polish, Katarzyna. The origin of that Greek form is still debated among scholars. Its later history is clearer. Early Christian writers linked the name to the Greek word katharos, meaning pure, and the sense of "pure," czysta in Polish, was attached to the name afterward rather than born with it.
That reinterpretation stuck. Saint Catherine of Alexandria, a martyr venerated since the early medieval period, carried the name into churches and calendars across Europe, and Katarzyna followed her into Polish tradition. From Katarzyna comes the warm diminutive Kasia, heard in any school class register in Poland.
Katrina is one of the shorter branches of this family. It travels lightly. A child named Katrina still belongs to the long line behind Katherine and Katarzyna, and to the Greek word for pure that later readers found in it.
How many people are named Katrina
1 in 104855 women in Poland is named Katrina. 215 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2132 among female names.
Katrina's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Where Katrina is most popular
Katrina is most popular in Subcarpathian, 796% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+205%).
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Subcarpathian2 girls born+796%
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Masovian2 girls born+205%
Katrina as a middle name
Katrina is a first name for 215 women in Poland and a middle name for another 59, a 78/22 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 886th, between Jutta (59) and Lola (59).
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#884 Celeste59
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#885 Jutta59
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#886 Katrina59
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#887 Lola59
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#888 Lotta59