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Katrine

Girl name · 22 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Katrine: 22 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 4 births in 1977.

Derived from the Greek *Aikaterinē*, Katrine is a Danish and Scottish variant of Katherine, ultimately linked to the word *katharos* meaning “pure.” The name is most famously associated with the serene Loch Katrine in the Scottish Trossachs, immortalised in Sir Walter Scott’s poem *The Lady of the Lake*, which made the loch a popular 19th-century tourist destination. A notable bearer was the Danish-Norwegian queen consort Catherine of Sweden, known as Katrine in Scandinavia. The spelling distinguishes it from the similar but distinct River Katrine in Denmark. Interestingly, the loch’s name likely predates the saint’s name, possibly deriving from a Gaelic term for a small hill.