"Form of Cataleya"
The name Cattaleya is commonly a female name from the "English" origin.
Cattaleya is a respelling of Cataleya, a modern given name that corresponds to Cattleya, the orchid genus named by the botanist John Lindley for the English horticulturist William Cattley. Lindley published the genus in Collectanea Botanica in the 1820s, and the plant name rather than any older personal name is the source of the modern given-name forms.
The pronunciation of Cattaleya is kat-uh-LAY-uh.
The name Cattaleya means "Form of Cataleya". Explore other names with related meanings:
