Katrina
Meaning and origin
Contraction of Katarina.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Katrina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Katrina has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2009. 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.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 238 |
| 2000 | 244 |
| 2001 | 246 |
| 2002 | 242 |
| 2003 | 249 |
| 2004 | 250 |
| 2005 | 255 |
| 2006 | 258 |
| 2007 | 261 |
| 2008 | 261 |
| 2009 | 271 |
| 2010 | 274 |
| 2011 | 289 |
| 2012 | 299 |
| 2013 | 306 |
| 2014 | 308 |
| 2015 | 312 |
| 2016 | 322 |
| 2017 | 328 |
| 2018 | 336 |
| 2019 | 345 |
| 2020 | 344 |
Katrina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Katrina.Hi! My name is Katrina.
- Katrina bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Katrina lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Katrina kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Katrina is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Katrinas mamma är lärare.Katrina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Katrinas mamma is Katrina's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Katrina
How do you pronounce Katrina in Swedish?
In IPA, Katrina is /ka²triːna/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Katrina mean?
Contraction of Katarina.
How popular is Katrina in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Katrina in 2022. In 2020, 344 people in Sweden had Katrina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2009 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.