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How to Pronounce Kateria

Pronounced kuh-TAIR-ee-uh /kəˈtɪər.i.ə/Low

Meaning: Kateria reads as an elaboration built on Kate or Kateri, names in the Katherine family that traces to the Greek Aikaterine, long linked with the word katharos, 'pure.'Low

In 30 seconds: Kateria is a coined elaboration of the Katherine family, whose root means 'pure.' It appeared only faintly around 1999 and never spread (said kuh-TAIR-ee-uh).

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Origin LowEnglish, Greek

MeaningKateria reads as an elaboration built on Kate or Kateri, names in the Katherine family that traces to the Greek Aikaterine, long linked with the word katharos, 'pure.'

U.S. rank (2006)#14328 ↘ Falling

2006 U.S. births7 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year1999

Total births (all-time)≈ 242

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Kateria is best read as a modern elaboration on Kate, Kateri, or Katherine, a name family that traces to the Greek Aikaterine and the sense 'pure.' It has no separate historical tradition of its own.

The spelling barely registered, given to only about twenty girls a year around 1999, and it faded soon after. A girl named Kateria then is in her mid-twenties today, carrying a familiar root in an unfamiliar dress.

Did you know? Kateria looks like Kate or Kateri lengthened with an -ia ending; the underlying Katherine name has been tied since antiquity to the Greek idea of purity.

Overall data confidence 40%

References - Kateria — Katherine-family elaboration; Greek Aikaterine, 'pure'

Variations

KaterinaKatriaKateri

Nicknames

KateKatTeri

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Kateria mean?

It is a coined elaboration in the Katherine family, whose root traces to the Greek sense 'pure.'

How do you pronounce Kateria?

It is said kuh-TAIR-ee-uh /kəˈtɪər.i.ə/, four syllables with the stress on the second.

Is Kateria a boy or girl name?

Kateria is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Kateria?

It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its faint peak in the late nineteen-nineties.