Katarina
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Catherine. From the Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterínē), name of a saint. First recorded in Sweden around 1200 as Katerina.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Katarina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Katarina has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 34 |
| 1999 | 33 |
| 2000 | 34 |
| 2001 | 21 |
| 2002 | 21 |
| 2003 | 21 |
| 2004 | 22 |
| 2005 | 18 |
| 2006 | 16 |
| 2007 | 22 |
| 2008 | 14 |
| 2009 | 9 |
| 2010 | 11 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 15 |
| 2013 | 6 |
| 2014 | 10 |
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 9 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 17,360 |
| 2000 | 17,479 |
| 2001 | 17,607 |
| 2002 | 17,690 |
| 2003 | 17,891 |
| 2004 | 18,016 |
| 2005 | 17,997 |
| 2006 | 18,051 |
| 2007 | 18,025 |
| 2008 | 18,133 |
| 2009 | 18,131 |
| 2010 | 18,129 |
| 2011 | 18,110 |
| 2012 | 18,105 |
| 2013 | 18,090 |
| 2014 | 18,062 |
| 2015 | 18,060 |
| 2016 | 18,064 |
| 2017 | 18,074 |
| 2018 | 18,040 |
| 2019 | 18,030 |
| 2020 | 18,026 |
Katarina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Katarina.Hi! My name is Katarina.
- Har du träffat Katarina? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Katarina? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Katarina kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Katarina is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Katarinas mamma är lärare.Katarina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Katarinas mamma is Katarina's mum.
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Questions about Katarina
How do you pronounce Katarina in Swedish?
In IPA, Katarina is /kata²riːna/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Katarina mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Catherine. From the Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterínē), name of a saint. First recorded in Sweden around 1200 as Katerina.
How popular is Katarina in Sweden?
9 babies were named Katarina in 2022. In 2020, 18,026 people in Sweden had Katarina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.