Cateleya
Girl · kat-a-LAY-a · English
Cateleya is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “a type of orchid”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cateleya mean?
English: variant of Cataleya, from the Cattleya orchid named after William Cattley
“a type of orchid”
Cattleya orchids honour English plant collector William Cattley; Cataleya is also the heroine of the 2011 film Colombiana.
- Say it
- kat-a-LAY-a
Is Cateleya a girl's or a boy's name?
Cateleya is a girls' name.
How popular is Cateleya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Cateleya in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cateleya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
Nicknames for Cateleya
- Cat
Names like Cateleya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cataleya Cattaleya Cattleya Collins Everly Magnolia Azalea Calliope Analeia Sevyn Klarity Oakley
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