Daily Ancestormatrina
Matrina is Latin for "godmother," the female sponsor named at a baptism.
Matrina means godmother and usually follows the godfather (patrinus) in the sponsor line of a baptism entry.
Godmothers were often the child's grandmother, aunt or older sister, and a girl was frequently named after her godmother. If the godmother's name matches the baby's, look for her in the family.
As seen in a recordSponsor line of a Catholic baptism entry
Patrinus fuit Georgius Klein, matrina Catharina Weber
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Daily Ancestor. "matrina." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/latin/matrina. Last checked 2026-10-01.