Catherine

Katherine or Catherine is a feminine name.

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Fem. proper name, from French Catherine, from Medieval Latin Katerina, from Latin Ecaterina, from Greek Aikaterine. The -h- was introduced 16c., probably a folk etymology from Greek katharos "pure" (see catharsis). The initial Greek vowel is preserved in Russian form Ekaterina. As the name of a type of pear, attested from 1640s. Catherine wheel (early 13c.) is named for St. Catherine of Alexandria (martyred 307), legendary virgin from the time of Maximinus who was tortured on a spiked wheel and thus became the patron saint of spinners. Her name day is Nov. 25. A popular saint in the Middle Ages, which accounts for the long popularity of the given name.

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French form of Katherine, cognate of the Greek Aikaterine, derived from katharos, means: pure, unsullied, virginal.

Cathrine, Katrin, Catalina, Cate, Katheryn, Katarzyna, Katya, Catharine, Kate, Kathryn, Cathryn, Cathrinus, Catherin, Katherine, Cathy, Katia, Katharina, Katarina, Katie

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Catherine Zeta-Jones	1969	Welsh-American actress and singer
2	Catherine of Aragon	1485	First wife of Henry VIII of England (1485–1536)
3	Catherine II of Russia	1729	Empress of Russia
4	Catherine of Medici	1519	Queen
5	Catherine Howard	1523	Fifth wife of Henry VIII of England
6	Catherine Parr	1512	Queen Consort of Henry VIII
7	Catherine O'Hara	1954	Canadian-American actress, writer and comedienne
8	Catherine Keener	1959	American actress
9	Catherine Tresa	1989	Indian actress
10	Catherine Tate	1968	English comedian, actress and writer
11	Catherine Deneuve	1943	French actress
12	Catherine Hickland	1956	American actress
13	Catherine Bach	1954	Actress
14	Catherine McCormack	1972	British actress
15	Catherine of Siena	1347	Italian Dominican saint
16	Catherine Laborde	1951	French journalist and actress
17	Catherine of Alexandria	0287	Egyptian missionary, saint depicted with a wheel
18	Catherine Oxenberg	1961	American actress
19	Catherine Hicks	1951	Actress
20	Catherine I of Russia	1684	Empress of Russia
21	Catherine of Valois	1401	Queen consort of England
22	Catherine McNeil	1989	Australian model
23	Catherine Eddowes	1842	Whitechapel murder victim
24	Catherine of Braganza	1638	Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland
25	Catherine Mary Stewart	1959	Actress
26	Catherine Cortez Masto	1964	American attorney and politician
27	Catherine Herridge	1964	Science journalist
28	Catherine E. Coulson	1943	American actress
29	Catherine Sutherland	1974	Australian actor and model
30	Catherine Siachoque	1972	Colombian actress
31	Catherine Tyldesley	1983	English actress
32	Catherine Nay	1944	French journalist
33	Catherine Hardwicke	1955	American film director, screenwriter and architect
34	Catherine Ceylac	1954	French journalist
35	Catherine Reitman	1981	American actress
36	Catherine Cookson	1906	British writer
37	Catherine Willows	1963	Fictional character
38	Catherine Tramell		Basic Instinct character
39	Catherine Earnshaw		Fictional character in the novel Wuthering Heights
40	Catherine Scorsese	1912	American film actress
41	Catherine McKenna	1971	Canadian Liberal politician
42	Catherine Giudici	1986	American graphic designer
43	Catherine Schell	1944	Hungarian-born British actress
44	Catherine Lloyd Burns	1961	American actress
45	Catherine Steadman		British actress
46	Catherine Carey	1523	Chief Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I, who was her first cousin
47	Catherine Taber	1979	American actress
48	Catherine Breillat	1948	French actress, film director, writer and screenwriter
49	Catherine Disher	1960	Canadian actress
50	Catherine Dickens	1815	Née Hogarth, spouse of Charles Dickens
51	Catherine Ashton	1956	British politician
52	Catherine Labouré	1806	French Daughter of Charity and saint
53	Catherine Martin	1965	Australian costume designer
54	Catherine Share	1942	Member of the Manson Family
55	Catherine of York	1479	English princess
56	Catherine McClements	1965	Australian actress
57	Catherine E. Pugh	1950	American politician
58	Catherine Dent	1965	American actress
59	Catherine O'Leary	1827	Alledged start of the Great Fire of Chicago
60	Catherine Vogel	1981	German television presenter
61	Catherine Arditi	1946	French actress
62	Catherine Cusack	1968	British actress
63	Catherine Matausch	1960	French journalist
64	Catherine Rich	1932	French actress
65	Catherine Samba-Panza	1954	Central African politician
66	Catherine Linton		Fictional character in the novel Wuthering Heights
67	Catherine Gee	1967	British television presenter
68	Catherine Ringer	1957	French singer
69	Catherine McGoohan	1952	Actress
70	Catherine Fulop	1955	Venezuelan actress, model, beauty pageant contestant and television presenter
71	Catherine Spaak	1945	Actress
72	Catherine Kieu	1963	American criminal
73	Catherine Clark	1976	Canadian journalist
74	Catherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham	1458	English noblewoman
75	Catherine Frot	1956	French actress
76	Catherine of Lancaster	1373	Queen consort of Castille
77	Catherine Proulx-Lemay	1975	Canadian actress
78	Catherine Flemming	1967	German actress
79	Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal	1507	Queen consort and regent of Portugal
80	Catherine Coulter	1942	American romance novelist
81	Catherine Dolgorukov	1847	A long-time mistress of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and later, his morganatic wife
82	Catherine Coleman	1960	American astronaut, chemist, United States Air Force officer
83	Catherine McAuley	1778	Irish nun and saint
84	Catherine of Bologna	1413	Italian cloistered nun
85	Catherine West	1966	Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
86	Catherine Dolto	1946	French physician & writer
87	Catherine Hessling	1900	French actress
88	Catherine Lachens	1945	French actress
89	Catherine Popper	1973	American musician
90	Catherine Meurisse	1980	French cartoonist
91	Catherine Pavlovna of Russia	1788	Queen of Wurttemburg
92	Catherine Allary	1945	French actress
93	Catherine Pinhas	1955	Canadian psychologist
94	Catherine Webb	1986	British writer
95	Catherine of Genoa	1447	Italian author and nurse
96	Catherine Jentile		French journalist
97	Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington	1773	Wife of British Prime Minister
98	Catherine Charlotte de Gramont	1639	Monegasque princess
99	Catherine Austin Fitts		American banker
100	Catherine Marshall	1914	American writer
101	Catherine Curtin
102	Catherine Asaro	1955	American science-fiction writer
103	Catherine Craig	1915	American actor (1915-2004)
104	Catherine Kellner	1970	American actress
105	Catherine Opie	1961	American artist
106	Catherine Booth	1829	Mother of The Salvation Army
107	Catherine Radziwill	1858	Polish noble
108	Catherine Leroy	1945	French photojournalist
109	Catherine Rabett	1960	British actress
110	Catherine Parks	1956	American actress
111	Catherine Mayer		Author and journalist
112	Catherine Walker	1972	Irish actress
113	Catherine de Castelbajac		American model
114	Catherine Destivelle	1960	French rock climber and mountaineer
115	Catherine Rampell
116	Catherine Willoughby, 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby	1519	English Baroness
117	Catherine Demaiffe	1977
118	Catherine McCord	1974	American model
119	Catherine Allégret	1946	French actress
120	Catherine Cornaro	1454	Queen of Cyprus
121	Catherine McClenahan	1959	Actress
122	Catherine Bennett	1956	British journalist
123	Catherine Russell	1956	Singer
124	Catherine Hanaway	1963	American politician
125	Catherine of Navarre	1470	Queen Regnant of Navarre
126	Catherine Spence	1825	Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician and suffragist
127	Catherine McKinnell	1976	British politician
128	Catherine Blake	1762	British printer
129	Catherine Crier	1954	American judge
130	Catherine Douglas		Scottish lady-in-waiting
131	Catherine Lacoste	1945	French golfer
132	Catherine Banfield
133	Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues	1579	Mistress of Henry IV of France
134	Catherine Walters	1839	English courtesan
135	Catherine Yurievskaya	1878	Russian princess
136	Catherine Swing		Canadian actress
137	Catherine Burns	1945	American actress
138	Catherine Ryan Hyde	1955	American writer
139	Catherine Falgayrac	1962	French television presenter and actor
140	Catherine Wilson		English killer
141	Catherine Leprince	1956	French actress
142	Catherine Hamlin	1924	Australian doctor
143	Catherine Malabou	1959	French philosopher
144	Catherine Lim	1942	Singaporean writer
145	Catherine Mazoyer	1979	Chilean actress
146	Catherine Tizard	1931	Viceroy, academic, public administrator
147	Catherine Small Long	1924	American politician
148	Catherine Le Forestier	1946	French singer
149	Catherine Dior	1917
150	Catherine Ponder	1927	American priest
151	Catherine Nevin	1950	Irish murderer
152	Philip Catherine	1942	Musician
153	Catherine Lacey	1904	British actress
154	Catherine Erhardy		French actress
155	Catherine Doherty	1896	Religious order founder; Servant of God
156	Catherine Hall	1946	Feminist historian from Great Britain
157	Catherine Ndereba	1972	Kenyan marathon runner and Olympic medalist
158	Catherine Fillol	1507	British aristocrat
159	Catherine Hayes		English murderer
160	Catherine Power	1984	Professional wrestler
161	Catherine Meyer	1953	British charity executive
162	Catherine Sénart	1970	Canadian actress
163	Catherine de Bourbon	1559	French princess
164	Catherine Winkworth	1827	English hymn translator
165	Catherine D'lish		American burlesque performer
166	Catherine Gilbert Murdock		American author
167	Catherine Yronwode	1947	American editor
168	Catherine Shirriff	1941	Canadian actress
169	Catherine Duleep Singh	1871	English suffragette
170	Catherine Shepherd	1972	German author and writer
171	Catherine Robbe-Grillet	1930	French actress
172	Catherine of Bosnia	1425	Bosnian queen
173	Catherine Jacob	1956	French actress
174	Catherine Britt	1984	Australian singer
175	Catherine Bode	1974	German actress
176	Catherine Bellier	1614	Mistress of Louis XIV
177	Catherine Murphy		English counterfeiter
178	Catherine Jagellon	1526	Queen of Sweden
179	Catherine Johnson	1957	British playwright
180	Catherine Malandrino	1963	French fashion designer
181	Catherine Henriette de Bourbon	1596	French noble
182	Catherine Millet	1948	French art critic
183	Catherine Bagration	1783	Russian salon-holder
184	Catherine Tregenna		Welsh writer
185	Catherine Drinker Bowen	1897	American writer
186	Catherine Opalińska	1680	Polish queen
187	Catherine of Ricci	1522	Italian Dominican Tertiary Religious Sister
188	Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland	1533	Queen of Poland
189	Catherine of Vadstena	1331	Swedish Brigittine
190	Catherine Wihtol de Wenden	1950	French sociologist
191	Catherine Keyl	1946	Dutch television presenter / host
192	Catherine Caradja	1893	Romanian princess
193	Catherine Fisher	1957	Welsh children's writer
194	Catherine Day	1954	Irish civil servant
195	Catherine Winder		American film producer
196	Catherine Barton	1679	Isaac Newton's niece
197	Catherine Cox	1976	Australian netball player
198	Catherine Hakim	1948	British sociologist
199	Catherine Fulvio		Irish chef
200	Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester	1657	British countess