Entry № 5312 · Russian origin

Katyusha Katyusha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-TYOO-shah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Russian
Meaning
"Pure (Russian Katya diminutive 1938 wartime song)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern (Russian)

A name that means "pure (russian katya diminutive 1938 wartime song)".

Katyusha is from the Russian Катюша — diminutive of Yekaterina (Catherine) — from the Greek Aikaterine (pure). Katyusha is one of the Russian feminine diminutives — central to traditional Russian folk and military culture. The diminutive Katyusha is among the most-popular Russian feminine nicknames alongside Dasha and Masha.

Catherine diminutive (Russian).

The name in its native script.

Катюша
Transliteration
Katyusha
Pronunciation
/ kəˈtjuː.ʃə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Katyusha stands.

Katyusha does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Katyushas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Katyusha (song)
1938 Russian wartime song.
1938

Names connected to Katyusha.

The number behind Katyusha.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Katyusha reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.