Meaning and background
The story behind Caterina
Caterina is the Italian and Catalan form of Katherine, with a musical middle stress in Italian speech. As with Catherine, a common gloss of pure is a later historical association rather than an uncontested Greek derivation. Caterina therefore has a clear naming lineage even when a neat one-word translation would overstate what the evidence can show.
- Origin
- Italian and Catalan form of Katherine Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Caterina appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
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