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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

KatalinIn Hebrew: קטלין · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Katalin (Hebrew: קטלין) is a girl's name of international origin. 148 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1949, with 10 babies.

People in Israel
148
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1949
10 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Katalin

In Hebrew letters the name is קטלין, read right to left. Katalin is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Katalin by year in Israel

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Katalin: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Katalin

How do you write Katalin in Hebrew?

Katalin is written קטלין in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Katalin?

148 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name קטלין: 138 women and 10 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Katalin a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 93.2% of the people named קטלין are women.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.