Catherine
For other uses, see Catherine (disambiguation).
Catherine | |
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Pronunciation | Kah-th-ehr-in |
Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | directly from French, and ultimately from Greek |
Meaning | From the Greek ΑἰκατεÏίνη AikaterÃnÄ“ of debated meaning, possibly from ἑκάτεÏος (hekáteros, “each of the twoâ€) |
Region of origin | Throughout English-speaking world |
Other names | |
Nickname(s) | Cat, Cath, Cathy, Cati, Cate, Kitty, Kat, Katrin |
Related names | Katherine, Katheryn, Kathryn, Katharyn, Katherin, Katharine, Katheryne, Katrin, Katarzyna, Catharine, Cathryn, Cathrin, Catherin, Catalina, Caterina, Kaitlen |
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Catherine is a feminine given name. For the history of the name Catherine, see Katherine. The nicknames include Catie, Caty, Cate, Cathy, Cat, Kitty, Erin, and others.
Notable people with the given name include:
Nobility
- Catherine of Aragon (Queen of England and first wife of King Henry VIII)
- Catherine of Braganza (Queen of Great Britain, wife of Charles II)
- Catherine Howard (Queen of England and fifth wife of King Henry VIII).
- Catherine Parr (Queen of England and sixth wife of King Henry VIII)
- Catherine I of Navarre (Queen of the Navarre from 1483 to 1517)
- Catherine I of Russia (Empress of Russia)
- Catherine II of Russia, more commonly known as Catherine the Great (Empress of Russia)
- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (known before marriage as Kate Middleton)
Literature
- Catherine Ames from East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- Catherine Barkley from A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
- Catherine Crawfield or Kitten, from Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost
- Catherine or Kitty, from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Catherine Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- Catherine from the musical Pippin by Roger O. Hirson
- Catherine Mckenna from Grace Notes by Bernard MacLaverty
- Catherine Sloper, the protagonist in Washington Square by Henry James
- Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
- Catherine, Called Birdy, title character of novel by Karen Cushman
Music
Movies, television, and video games
- Catherine Bell (born 1968), American actress
- Catherine Deneuve, (born 1943), French actress
- Catherine Keener (born 1959), American actress
- Catherine Oxenberg (born 1961), American actress
- Catherine Tate (born 1968), English actress
- Catherine, a 2011 puzzle-platformer adventure video game
- Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969), Welsh actress
Other fictional characters
- Dr. Catherine Halsey, the creator of the SPARTAN supersoldiers in Halo: Reach and other releases in the Halo franchise
- Catherine Tramell, the lead character from the film Basic Instinct (1992)
- Catherine Willows, a character from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Catherine Ann Archer, the protagonist of the game series The Operative: No One Lives Forever and No One Lives Forever 2
- Catherine-B320, a SPARTAN-III supersoldier in Halo: Reach
- Catherine (Birdo), a character from Super Mario Bros.
Ships
- Catherine, the ship that Edward III was aboard in 1345 when he brought the fleet to Flanders and met with Jacob van Artevelde
- Catherine (1811 ship) - a whaler that also made one voyage transporting convicts to New South Wales
See also
- Catharine (disambiguation)
- Katherine (given name)
- St. Catherine (disambiguation)
- Ecaterina (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with "Catherine"
- All pages beginning with "Katharine"
- All pages beginning with "Katherine"
- Karen (name), usually a feminine given name, derived from the Danish short form of Katherine
- Catriona
- Catherina (and similar spellings)
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