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The earliest known use of the Greek name is in reference to one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. Cathrinus is a rare name. Cathrinus is a rare name. The name Cathrinus is mainly used in Dutch and Scandinavian -speaking countries, but has also been found in the German-speaking realm, e.g. as a Latinized surname in the 17th ...
Katherine (/ k æ θ ə r ɪ n /), 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 .
This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their anglicisations and/or English language equivalents.. Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form.
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate, in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
Catherine Arnott (1858–1942), British medical doctor and suffragette; Katherine Ashenburg, Canadian writer; Katherine August-deWilde (born 1948), American business executive, board member, and philanthropist; Katherine Aumer (born 1981), American social psychologist; Katherine Austen (1629–1683), English diarist and poet
Kathleen is a female given name, used in English- and Irish-language communities.Sometimes spelled Cathleen, it is an Anglicized form of Caitlín, the Irish form of Cateline, which was the Old French form of Catherine.
Kate Booth (1858–1955), English Salvationist and evangelist, eldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth; Kate Burton (aid worker) (born 1981), British aid worker who was kidnapped and released in the Gaza Strip in 2005; Kate Fay, New Zealand chef and food writer based in Auckland
Catherine of Alexandria, by Carlo Crivelli. Catherine was one of the most important saints in the religious culture of the late Middle Ages and arguably considered the most important of the virgin martyrs, a group including Agnes of Rome, Margaret of Antioch, Barbara, Lucia of Syracuse, Valerie of Limoges and many others.