Cataleya

Where Cataleya comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Cataleya.

  • Vowel-ended
Cataleya through the years
  1. 2011
    Around this time: Colombiana
    Film, 2011 · Source
    “The name was popularized by a character in the 2011 film Colombiana, a young girl who grows up to be an assassin who seeks vengeance for the murder of her parents.”
  2. 2011
    First appearance
    #4,807 among girls with 29 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2024
    Peak, #236
    1,315 babies named Cataleya, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Cataleya in Wikidata.

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