Ekaterine as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ekaterine

What is the meaning of the name Ekaterine ?

The baby name Ekaterine is a girl name , 5 syllables long and is pronounced eh-kah-teh-REE-neh.

Ekaterine is Georgian, Greek in Origin.

Ekaterine is a Georgian feminine form of the Greek name Aikaterine, attested in late antique Greek as Αἰκατερίνη and later also written Hekaterine. Its original etymology is unsettled; proposals connect it with Greek Hekate, hekateros, or other obscure roots. In Christian Greek and Latin transmission it was reshaped by association with katharos, pure, which supplied the conventional literal sense. The final -ine belongs to Greek feminine name morphology, while Georgian renders the name ეკატერინე.

The name entered Georgian usage through Orthodox Christian naming culture, especially the cult of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, whose legend circulated in Byzantine and Slavic traditions. In Russia the cognate form is Ekaterina or Yekaterina; Western European forms include Catherine, Katherine, Caterina, and Katarina. Georgian bearers include Ekaterine Dadiani, princess of Mingrelia, writer Ekaterine Gabashvili, and Ekaterine Kato Svanidze, Stalin’s first wife. Outside Georgia, Ekaterine is uncommon, with English-language use usually favoring Catherine or Katherine.