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Katherine, Catherine, Cathrina Cathrinus is a Latinized masculine version of the feminine name Katherine /Catherine. The name originated from the Greek feminine name Αἰκατερίνα or Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterina, Aikaterinē), which is of unknown etymology.
Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form. Some Irish names have false cognates , i.e. names that look similar but are not etymologically related, e.g. Áine is commonly accepted as the Irish equivalent of the etymologically unrelated names Anna and Anne .
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 .
The name Kay is found both as a surname and as a given name. In English-speaking countries, it is usually a feminine name, often a short form of Katherine or one of its variants; but it is also used as a first name in its own right, and also as a masculine name (for example in India, the Netherlands, and Sweden).
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. [1] [2] It ultimately derives from the Greek name Aikaterine, the meaning of which is highly debated (see Katherine).
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Catalina is a feminine given name. It is a Spanish form of a variation of the name Katherine. [1] Catalina is an equivalent to Katherine or Catherine in English, Αικατερίνη (Ekaterini) and Κατερίνα (Katerina) in Greek, Катерина (Kateryna) in Ukraine, Екатерина (Yekaterina) in Russian, Caterina in Catalan and Italian, Cătălina in Romanian, Catherine in ...
Katarzyna [kataˈʐɨna] is a Polish given name, equivalent to English "Catherine".Its diminutive forms include Kasia, Katarzynka, Kasieńka, Kasiunia, Kasiulka ...