Popularity and variations
Anglophone use
In Britain and America, ''Catherine'' and its variants have been among the 100 most popular names since 1880. Amongst the most common variants are ''Katherine'' and ''Kathryn''. The spelling ''Catherine'' is common in both English and French language, French. Less-common variants in English include ''Katharine'', Catharine (given name), ''Catharine'', ''Cathryn'', ''Katheryn'', ''Katharyn'', ''Kathryne'', ''Katheryne'', ''Katherin'', and ''Kathrine''.Popularity statistics for England and Wales for years 2001, 2011, and 2021―name variant with (rank) shown in brackets: * * ** ** ** * The last appearance of ''Katharine'' in the top 1000 was in 2008 at a rank of 817th and a count . There is no record of the spelling ''Catharine'' appearing in the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales. Diminutives include: Katie, Katy, Kate, Kathy, Kathe, Kath, Kay, Kat, Katja or Katya, Kota, Katyusha, Katrya, Kitty, Kit, Kasia; many of these are also sometimes given as independent names. ''Kathleen (given name), Kathleen'' or ''Cathleen'', Anglicized forms of the Irish ''Caitlín'', have become established in the US among people with no Irish background, but is less popular in England and Wales. The form ''Karen (name), Karen'', of Danish origin, is now often considered an independent name in English.Language variants
The following is a list of various forms of the name ''Katherine'', all ultimately associated with a common Greek-language origin of uncertain meaning but influenced by the , 'pure'. These forms are in use as a given name in the language noted, or were formerly. The list includes short or pet forms (hypocorisms), associated with ''Katherine'' or one of its variants: * (Ancient Greek) * Aikaterine (Old French) * Cadi (Welsh language, Welsh) * Cáit (Irish language, Irish) * Caitlín (Irish language, Irish) * Caitlyn or Caitlin (English language, English) * Caitria (Irish language, Irish) * Caitrín (Irish language, Irish) * Caitríona (Irish language, Irish) * Caja (Danish language, Danish) * Catherine, Katarina, Katherine, Katerina (Indonesian language, Indonesian) * Cajsa (Swedish language, Swedish) * Caren (name), Caren (Welsh language, Welsh) * Carin (English language, English) * Carina (Portuguese language, Portuguese) * Carine (French language, French; ''Karien'' in Afrikaans) * Caryn (English language, English) * Cat (English language, English) * Cát Linh (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese) * Cătălina (Romanian language, Romanian) * Catalina (name), Catalina (Italian language, Italian, Spanish language, Spanish) * Catant (French language, French) * Catarina (Galician language, Galician, Italian language, Italian, Portuguese language, Portuguese, Spanish language, Spanish, Neapolitan dialect, Neapolitan) * Cate (English language, English) * Cateline (Old French) * Cathelijne (Dutch language, Dutch) * Cateliña (Galician language, Galician) * Caterina (Catalan language, Catalan, Italian language, Italian, Romanian language, Romanian) * Caterine (Old French) * Cathanne (English language, English, French language, French) * Cathareau (French language, French) * Catharina (Dutch language, Dutch, Swedish language, Swedish) * Catharine (given name), Catharine (English language, English) * Catherin (English language, English) * Catherina (Spanish language, Spanish) * Catherine (English language, English, French language, French) * Catherne (17th century English) * Cathey (North Germanic languages, Nordic) * Cathie (English language, English) * Cathleen (English language, English, Irish English, Hiberno-English) * Cathrin (German language, German) * Cathrine (Scandinavian languages, Scandinavian) ** Cathrinus (Latinized, male) * Cathryn (English language, English) * Cathy (given name), Cathy (English language, English) * Cati (Italian language, Italian) * Catia (Italian language, Italian) * Cátia (Portuguese language, Portuguese) * Catie (English language, English) * Catina (Romanian language, Romanian) * Catinca (Romanian language, Romanian) * Catja (Danish language, Danish) * Catlin (Middle English) * Cato (Dutch language, Dutch) * Catraoine (Irish language, Irish) * Catreena (Manx language, Manx) * Catreeney (Manx language, Manx) * Catrien (Dutch language, Dutch) * Catrin (German language, German, Welsh language, Welsh) * Catrina (Romanian language, Romanian) * Catrine (Swedish language, Swedish) * Catrinel (Romanian language, Romanian) * Catrìona (Scottish Gaelic) * Catterina (Italian language, Italian) * Catuxa (Galician language, Galician) * Caty (Italian language, Italian) * Ecaterina (Romanian language, Romanian) * : ka, ეკა * ''Ekaterina'': (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Macedonian language, Macedonian) * , or : * Ekaterina (Latvian language, Latvian) * : ka, ეკატერინე * : (Hong Kong Cantonese) * : () * : () * (Sami languages, Sami) * (Sami languages, Sami) * (Sami languages, Sami) * Jekaterina (Estonian language, Estonian) * Kaarat (Greenlandic language, Greenlandic) * Kaarin (Estonian language, Estonian) * Kaarina (name), Kaarina (Finnish language, Finnish) * Kaatje (Dutch language, Dutch) * Kaća (Serbian language, Serbian) * : () * Kadara: () * Kadarine: () * Kadi (Estonian language, Estonian) * Kadri (name), Kadri (Estonian language, Estonian) * Kaety (English language, English) * (Sami languages, Sami) * Kai (name), Kai (Estonian language, Estonian, Swedish language, Swedish) * Kaia (Estonian language, Estonian, Norwegian language, Norwegian) * Kaie (Estonian language, Estonian) * Kaight (English language, English) * Kaija (Finnish language, Finnish) * Kaila (English language, English) * Kailan (English language, English) * Kailani (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian) * Kaili (Estonian language, Estonian) * Kailie (English language, English, French language, French) * Kailua (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian) * : , . (Also German language, German) * Kena: , . (Also English) * Kera: ; * Keri, Kerry: ; ; . (Also Hawaiian language, Hawaiian) * : . (Also Arabic language, Arabic) * Kairi (name), Kairi or Kairia (Arabic language, Arabic, Estonian language, Estonian, Greek language, Greek, Japanese language, Japanese) * Kaisa (name), Kaisa (Estonian language, Estonian, Finnish language, Finnish) * ''Kai Sa Lin'': (Traditional Chinese characters, traditional Chinese) ** ''Kai Se Lin'': zh, s=凯瑟琳 (Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese) * Kaisu (Finnish language, Finnish) * Kait (English language, English) * Kaitlan (English language, English) * Kaitlane (English language, English) * Kaitlin (English language, English) * Kaitline (English language, English) * Kaitlyn (English language, English) * Kaitlynne (English language, English) * Kaitrin (German language, German, Swedish language, Swedish) * Kaitrina (Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, German language, German, Swedish language, Swedish) * Kaity (English language, English) * Kaj (name), Kaj (Swedish language, Swedish, male) * Kaja (Scandinavian languages, Scandinavian, Estonian language, Estonian, Polish language, Polish) * Kajsa (Swedish language, Swedish) * Kakalina (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian) * Kalena (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian) * Kalina (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian) * Katerina (Albanian language, Albanian) * : * Kara (name), Kara (Arabic language, Arabic, English language, English, , Japanese language, Japanese) * (Sami languages, Sami) * (Sami) * Karen (name), Karen: derived from the Danish short form of Katherine (Danish language, Danish, English language, English, German language, German, Norwegian language, Norwegian, Dutch language, Dutch) * Karena (English language, English) * Karenina (English language, English, Scandinavian languages, Scandinavian, Russian language, Russian) * Karentina (English language, English, Scandinavian languages, Scandinavian, Russian language, Russian) * Kari (Norwegian language, Norwegian) * Karia (Norwegian language, Norwegian) * Karien (Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, ''Carine'' in French) * (Sami languages, Sami) * Karin (given name), Karin (Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, Estonian language, Estonian, Faroese language, Faroese, Finnish language, Finnish, German language, German, Swedish language, Swedish) * Karina (name), Karina (English language, English) * Karine ( Armenian language, Armenian; French language, French) * Karoun (Arabic language, Arabic, Armenian language, Armenian) * Kary (Norwegian language, Norwegian) * Karyn (English language, English) * Karyna (English language, English, Polish language, Polish) * : * : * Kat (English language, English) * Kata (given name), Kata (Croatian language, Croatian, Finnish language, Finnish, Hungarian language, Hungarian) * Katalin (Basque language, Basque, Hungarian language, Hungarian) * Katalina (Basque language, Basque, Esperanto, Hungarian language, Hungarian) * Katariina (Estonian language, Estonian, Finnish language, Finnish) * Katarin (Basque language, Basque, Breton language, Breton) * Katarína (Slovak language, Slovak) * Katarina (given name), Katarina (Bosnian language, Bosnian, Croatian language, Croatian, Esperanto, German language, German, Hungarian language, Hungarian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, Serbian language, Serbian, Slovene language, Slovene, Swedish language, Swedish) * Katarine (German language, German) * Katarino (Esperanto) * Katarzyna (Polish language, Polish) ** Kasia (Polish language, Polish) ** (Polish language, Polish) ** (Polish language, Polish) * Kate (given name), Kate (Croatian language, Croatian, English language, English) * Katelijn (Dutch language, Dutch) * Katelijne (Dutch language, Dutch) * Katelin (English language, English) * Kateline (Middle English) * Katell (Breton language, Breton) * Katelyn (English language, English) * Katelynn (English language, English) * Katelynne (English language, English) * Katen (Dutch language, Dutch) * Katenka (Russian language, Russian) * Kateri (Mohawk language, Mohawk) * Katerien (Afrikaans language, Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch) * Katerine (Old French) * : * : * Katia (Italian language, Italian) * (Portuguese language, Portuguese) * Katia: * Kateřina (Czech language, Czech) * Katerina (; Albanian language, Albanian, Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Latin, Macedonian language, Macedonian, Russian language, Russian) * Katerine (Middle English) * Katerino (Esperanto) * Kateryna (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian) * Katerynka (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian) * Katey (English language, English) * : . (Also German language, German) * : * : * Kathani (Hindi language, Hindi, Arabic language, Arabic) * Kathanna (English language, English, German language, German) * Kathanne (English language, English, French language, French) * Kathareau (French language, French) * Katharina (German language, German, Latin) * Katharine (English language, English, German language, German, Dutch language, Dutch) * : * Käthe (German language, German) * Kathelijne (Dutch language, Dutch) * Katherina (English language, English, German language, German) * Katherne (17th century English) * Katheryn (English language, English) * Katheryne (English language, English) * Kathey (Gaelic languages, Gaelic) * Kathi (English language, English) * Kathie (English language, English) * Kathianna (English language, English) * Kathianne (English language, English) * Kathlaura (English language, English, German language, German) * Kathlauren (English language, English, German language, German) * Kathlaurie (English language, English, French language, French, German language, German) * Kathleanna (English language, English, German language, German) * Kathleanne (English language, English, French language, French) * Kathleen (given name), Kathleen (English language, English, Irish English, Hiberno-English) * Kathlyn (English language, English) * Kathreena (Malayalam language, Malayalam) * Kathrina (German language, German) * Kathrin (German language, German) * Kathru (Malayalam language, Malayalam) * Kathryn (English language, English) * Kathy (English language, English) * Kati (Estonian language, Estonian, Finnish language, Finnish, Hungarian language, Hungarian) * ''Katya, Katia, Katja'': ; * Katica (Croatian language, Croatian, Czech language, Czech, Serbian language, Serbian, Slovene language, Slovene, Hungarian language, Hungarian) * Katie (English language, English) * Katika (Danish language, Danish) * : * Κatina, Katinja (Esperanto) * Katinka (Afrikaans, German language, German, Hungarian language, Hungarian, Russian language, Russian) * Katixa (Basque language, Basque) * Katja (Croatian language, Croatian, Dutch language, Dutch, Finnish language, Finnish, German language, German, Russian language, Russian, Slovene language, Slovene, Ukrainian language, Ukrainian) * Katka (Czech language, Czech, Russian language, Russian) * Káťa (Czech language, Czech) * Kačka (Czech language, Czech) * Kačenka (Czech language, Czech) * Katlyn (English language, English) * Kätlin (Estonian language, Estonian) * : ka, კატო * Kató (Hungarian language, Hungarian) * Katóka (Hungarian language, Hungarian) * Katre (Estonian language, Estonian) * Katri (Finnish language, Finnish) * Katrian (Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, Dutch language, Flemish Dutch) * Katriana (Portuguese language, Portuguese, Spanish language, Spanish) * Katrianna (Danish language, Danish, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, German language, German, Norwegian language, Norwegian, Swedish language, Swedish) * Katrianne (English language, English, French language, French) * Katrien (Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, Dutch language, Flemish Dutch) * Katriin (Estonian language, Estonian) * Katriina (Finnish language, Finnish) * Katrijn (Dutch language, Dutch, also 'Katryn' in Afrikaans and German language, German) * Katriona (English language, English) * Katrin (Estonian language, Estonian, Faroese language, Faroese, German language, German, Swedish language, Swedish) * Katrina (given name), Katrina (English language, English, German language, German, Dutch language, Dutch) * Katrīna (Latvian language, Latvian) * Katrine (; Dutch language, Dutch, French language, French, Scottish Gaelic, Scandinavian languages, Scandinavian) * Katrinka (Dutch language, Dutch, German language, German, Russian language, Russian) * Katrusia (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian) * Katryn (Afrikaans, German language, German, spelt in ) * Katushka (Russian language, Russian) * Katuška (Czech language, Czech) * Katy (given name), Katy (English language, English) * Katya (Russian language, Russian, Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Ukrainian language, Ukrainian) * Kay (English language, English) * Kaye (English language, English) * Kerry (Irish English, Hiberno-English) * ''Keta'': ka, ქეთა * ''Ketevan'': ka, ქეთევან * ''Keti'': ka, ქეთი * Ketlen * Ketlin (Estonian language, Estonian) * ''Keto'': (Georgian language, Georgian) * Ketrina (Albanian language, Albanian) * Kitty (English) * Koto (Hungarian language, Hungarian) * Kotryna (Lithuanian language, Lithuanian) * Kyla (English language, English) * Kysa (Finnish) * Nienke (Dutch language, Dutch) * Nynke (West Frisian language, Frisian) * Reina (given name), Reina (Japanese language, Japanese, Yiddish language, Yiddish) * Riin (Estonian language, Estonian) * Riina (given name), Riina (Estonian language, Estonian, Finnish language, Finnish) * Rina (Croatian language, Croatian) * Triin (Estonian language, Estonian) * Triinu (Estonian language, Estonian) * Trijn (Dutch language, Dutch) * Trijntje (Dutch language, Dutch) * Trina (name), Trina (German language, German) * Trinchen (German language, German) * Trine (Danish language, Danish, German language, German) * Trīne (Latvian language, Latvian) * Trinette (French language, French) * Triona (disambiguation), Tríona (Irish language, Irish)Notable people
See also
* * * * * * St. Catherine (disambiguation)Notes and references
External links
* Name statistics for Northern Ireland: ** * Name statistics for Scotland: ** {{cite web , title=Babies' First Names , url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/names/babies-first-names , website=National Records of Scotland , date=31 May 2013 , publisher=Government of the United Kingdom , language=en Feminine given names Given names Given names of Greek language origin English-language feminine given names