Fun Facts About the Name Matina
- 366 babies named Matina: U.S. records list 366 babies given the name Matina from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Matina Mean?
Matina is a Greek feminine given name and a familiar form of Aikaterini, the Greek form of Catherine. Greek speakers made a number of short, affectionate forms from that name - Katina, Kaiti, Tina, Rina, and Matina among them - and a shortened form of this kind carries the meaning of the name it comes from rather than a root of its own. The meaning commonly given for Catherine is "pure," by association with the Greek word katharos ("clean, pure"). That is a traditional interpretation rather than a settled fact: the older name Aikaterini has no agreed etymology, and the link with katharos may be a later association instead of the name's original source.
Names that look alike are not automatically related. Matina is not the usual feminine form of Matthew - those are Matea, Mattea, and similar - and it is distinct from Martina, despite the shared sound.
Matina Name History & Origins
Matina belongs to the Greek-speaking world, where Aikaterini has long been one of the most common women's names, largely through devotion to Saint Catherine of Alexandria. A name used that widely develops many everyday short forms, and Matina is one of the set that grew up around Aikaterini. Such forms began as household names and, over time, came to be given as names in their own right, a usual path for Greek diminutives.
Matina is found today mainly in Greece and in Greek communities elsewhere. In Greek custom a diminutive is commonly celebrated on the feast day of the saint whose full name it shortens, so Matina is normally linked with Saint Catherine's day, November 25. The name also appears occasionally outside the Greek context, but whether those uses descend from the Greek name or developed independently is not established.
How Popular is the Name Matina?
Matina has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1974. Its best rank was #3,798 in 1932.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #16,429 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #16,858 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #13,605 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #16,273 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #16,541 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #13,173 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #17,858 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #17,422 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #13,128 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #17,000 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #15,978 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #11,947 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #10,176 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #7,766 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #7,150 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1989 | #10,426 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #10,719 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #6,423 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1984 | #7,868 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #5,683 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1982 | #9,980 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #6,632 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #7,853 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #6,509 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #5,820 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #5,410 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1976 | #5,860 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1975 | #5,374 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #3,806 | 17 | 0.0012% |
| 1973 | #5,867 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1972 | #5,759 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1971 | #5,004 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1970 | #5,284 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1969 | #6,367 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #5,471 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #4,509 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1966 | #4,117 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1964 | #6,505 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #5,151 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #7,208 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #5,871 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #5,848 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1939 | #4,705 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1932 | #3,798 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1929 | #3,924 | 7 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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