Katrice
Feminine
The -ice ending on this name did not come from anywhere near Katherine. It came from Patrice and Clarice, two names where the syllable is etymological and cannot be removed, and American naming detached it from them and began attaching it to other stems. Katrice is one of the results.
How old is the name Katrice?
Katrice first appears in US birth records in 1962 — 63 years ago. The typical Katrice alive today was born around 1983, making them about 42 years old. About 2,100 people named Katrice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Katrice most popular?
Katrice peaked in 1972, reaching #1242 nationally. See the whole 1972 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Katherine to Katrice
The story of Katrice
The name at the root of this one has no established meaning, and it is worth saying so bluntly because so many pages pretend otherwise. The familiar gloss about purity comes from a Greek word that early Christian writers attached to the name because it sounded close, not because it was the source. The oldest recorded forms point somewhere else entirely and cannot be traced to any word in any language with confidence. The saint the name belonged to may not have existed. So the most that can be honestly said is that a name of unknown origin acquired a meaning by association several centuries after it appeared, and that meaning has been repeated ever since.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The stem points back toward Katherine, whose own meaning is not recoverable, and the ending contributes nothing translatable. With an unknown source and a meaningless suffix there is nothing honest to report.
How the name formed
- Katherine
- Katrina
- Katrice
Pronouncing Katrice
kuh-TREES
Two syllables with the stress at the back. The opening syllable is unstressed and reduces, which is why the name is often heard as beginning with a neutral vowel.
Nicknames for Katrice
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1962
- Most girls named
- 197996 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1242reached in 1972
- Change vs 2016
- 0.0%5 in 2018, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Katrices among us
people named Katrice are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Katrice sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The stress at the back gives it a decisive finish that few names of its length have.
- Kat sits inside it as a short form that needs no explaining.
- Every sound in it is easy and the spelling follows the sound.
- No meaning can be given honestly, whatever other pages claim.
- Catrice and Katryce both appear, so the spelling gets queried.
- It reads clearly as belonging to a particular American generation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Katrices are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Katrice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Katrice in 2025?
- Katrice is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Katrice with classmates?
- Katrice will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More K names
The most-given names starting with K, all years combined.
Karen#1279 · Kimberly#302 · Kathleen#1150 · Katherine#186 · Kelly#851 · Kathryn#729 · Kayla#364 · Kathy#3249
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