Girl's name
Caitríona
“KA-tree-na (Munster ka-TREE-na)”
from Greek, linked with katharos, 'pure'
The story behind the name
The Irish Catherine. Woulfe traces it to the virgin martyr of Alexandria, whose name the crusaders carried into Europe, but says its popularity owes most to St Catherine of Siena. Wiktionary records the stress on the first syllable in Connacht and Ulster and on the second in Munster.
Famous people with this name
- Caitríona Balfe (born 1979) — Irish actress and model
- Caitriona Jennings (born 1980) — Irish Olympic runner
- Caitríona O'Leary (born 1969) — Irish singer
- Caitríona Perry (born 1980) — Irish journalist and presenter with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
- Caitriona Beggs (born 1977) — Irish cricketer
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Caitríona on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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