Name meaning & stats
Cataleya
Cataleya means “from the meadow or clearing where wildcats dwell” (Old English origin). 11,955 US babies since 1940, peak 2024.
What it means
“from the meadow or clearing where wildcats dwell”
Old EnglishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2024
11,955 US babies were named Cataleya between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Cataleya (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 50% of the family
- Cataleya 50%
- Kataleya 20%
- Cattleya 9%
- Cattaleya 4%
- Catalaya 3%
- Katalaya 2%
- Kattaleya 2%
- Kattleya 1%
- Katalia 1%
- Catalia 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2024)