Catarina

Meaning & origin

Catarina is a girl's name of Portuguese origin, traditionally used in Christian families. The name means "Pure — the Portuguese form of Catherine, from Greek Aikaterina. It honours Saint Catherine of Alexandria and the Portuguese princess Catarina de Braganca, whose marriage to a king of England carried a dowry including Bombay and Tangier and introduced the custom of tea-drinking to the English court. An elegant, enduring Lusophone feminine." and belongs to the Nobility cluster — names with regal heritage and dignified bearing.

Common among Portuguese, Brazilian, European, Angolan, Mozambican, CapeVerdean, Vietnamese families, Catarina carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Catarina

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Catarina resonates in either tradition.

How Catarina sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Catarina breaks down into 8 phonemes: /K-AA-T-AA-R-IH-N-AA/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

Nicknames

Common affectionate forms of Catarina — useful for everyday family conversation, early childhood, or as standalone given names themselves.

The six signals, applied to Catarina

NameRoot scores every name across six independent dimensions. Here's how Catarina maps to each — install the app to see the full compatibility score for your specific family.