Catharine

Gender:
Origin: Greek
48 famous people named Catharine found on Wikipedia.
12944 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 10669-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 249-th in year 1883
Used in: English

Meanings

Catharine is a feminine given name, a variation of Katherine or Catherine. Notable people with the name include:
In education:
Catharine Beecher, noted educator
Catharine MacKinnon, American feminist, scholar, lawyer, teacher, and activist
Catharine Merrill, one of the first female university professors in the United States
In literature:
Catharine Dixon, Canadian journalist and author of non-fiction books
Catharine Sedgwick, American novelist
In science:
Catharine Cox, American psychologist known for her work on intelligence and genius
Catharine Garmany, astronomer

English cognate of the Greek Aikaterine, derived from katharos, means: pure, unsullied.

Famous People: 48 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Catharine MacKinnon 1946 American feminist and legal activist
2 Catharine Beecher 1800 United States educator
3 Catharine Macaulay 1731 British historian and philosopher
4 Catharine Baker 1971 Member of the California State Assembly
5 Catharine Edwards
6 Catharine Pendrel 1980 Canadian racing cyclist
7 Catharine Parr Traill 1802 English-Canadian author
8 Catharine Sedgwick 1789 American writer
9 Catharine Bond Hill American college president and economics professor
10 Catherine Littlefield Greene 1755 Rhode Island colonial woman
11 Catharine Young 1960 Politician
12 Catharine of Bourbon 1440 Duchess consort
13 Catharine Trotter 1679 English writer
14 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe 1828 American art collector
15 Irwin T. Catharine 1883 American architect
16 Catharine Cox Miles 1890 American psychologist
17 Cassie Conley NASA official
18 Catharine Carter Critcher 1868 American painter
19 Catharine Arnold
20 Catharine van Tussenbroek 1852 Dutch physician and writer
21 Catharine Garmany 1945 Astronomer
22 Catharine Savage Brosman 1934 American writer
23 Catharine Merrill 1824 American Civil War nurse
24 Catharine Weed Barnes 1851 American photographer
25 Catharine R. Stimpson 1936 American academic
26 Catharine R. Williams 1787
27 Catharine Elizabeth Bean Cox 1865 American art collection
28 Catharine Van Valkenburg Waite 1829 American activist
29 Catharine Macfarlane 1877
30 Catharine Hermine Kølle 1788 Norwegian artist
31 Catharine Dixon 1927 Canadian writer
32 Catharine Johnston British botanical illustrator
33 Catharine McClellan 1921 American anthropologist
34 Catharine Burton 1668 English Carmelite nun
35 Catharine Long 1797 English religious writer
36 Catharine Squires 1843 Church leader
37 Catharine Frydendahl 1760 Danish singer
38 Catharine Stolberg 1751
39 Catharine Cappe 1744 British writer, memoirist and philantropist
40 Catharine Jacobi 1837 German stage actress and author
41 Catharine Hitchcock Tilden Avery 1844 American educator, author
42 Catharine Sophie Wilhelmine Moltke 1737
43 Catharine Troke 1960 Badminton player
44 Catharine Marie von Holstein 1678
45 Catharine Simonsen 1816 Danish opera singer
46 Catharine Wernicke 1789 Danish pianist
47 Catharine Phillips Rembert
48 Catharine F. Easterly