Caitriona
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kat-REE-uh-nuh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Caitriona is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pure”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Caitriona mean?
Greek: Irish form of Catherine
“pure”
Catherine has long been linked with Greek katharos 'pure', though its true origin is uncertain.
Is Caitriona a girl's or a boy's name?
Caitriona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caitriona in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 25 girls.
Half of all the girls named Caitriona in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Caitriona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 25 | #940 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Caitriona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Caitriona, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2018, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Caitriona in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caitriona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
Nicknames for Caitriona
- Triona
- Cait 6 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Caitriona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Kiara, Chloe, Sienna, Caoimhe, Eilidh, Niamh, Cassidy, Brianna, Alexandra, Isabella, Ariana
Names related to Caitriona
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caitriona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caitriona, updated 20 October 2026.