Katherine
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Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria.
Key facts
- Given name.image
- Katherine Heigl at 27 Dresses Premiere 13.jpg
- Given name.image_size
- 200
- Given name.caption
- Katherine Heigl at the premiere of 27 Dresses in 2008
- Given name.gender
- Female
- Given name.nickname
- Kate, Kath, Cat, Cattie, Cate, Catey, Cath, Catie, Caite, Kathy, Kathie, Kathi, Katie, Katey, Katy, Kay, Kat, Katya, Katyusha, Katja, Kati, Kit, Kitty, Kasia, Cathy, Cathie
- Given name.languageorigin
- Greek
- Given name.region
- Ancient Greece
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Popularity and variations
- Anglophone use
- Language variants
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes and references
- External links
Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria.
In the early Christian era it came to be associated with the Greek adjective (), meaning 'pure'. This influenced the name's English spelling, giving rise to variants Katharine and Catharine. The spelling with a middle 'a' was more common in the past. Katherine, with a middle 'e', was first recorded in England in 1196 after being brought back from the Crusades.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Katherine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.