Catherine

For other uses, see Catherine (disambiguation).

Catherine
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/Name	Greek
Meaning	From the Greek καθαρός/καθαρής katharos/katharēs meaning "pure"
Region of origin	Throughout English-speaking world
Other names
Nickname(s)	Cat, Cath, Cathy, Cati, Kitty, Kat
Related names	Katherine, Katheryn, Kathryn, Katharyn, Katherin, Katharine, Katheryne, Katrin, Katarzyna, Catharine, Cathryn, Cathrin, Catherin, Catalina, Caterina, Kaitlen

Catherine is a feminine given name. For the history of the name Catherine, see Katherine (given name). The nicknames include Cathy, Cate, Cat, Cati, Catie and others.

Notable people with the given name include:

Nobility

• Catherine of Aragon (former Queen of England)
• Catherine the Great (former Empress of Russia)
• Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (formerly known as Kate Middleton)

Literature

• Catherine Barkley from A Farewell to Arms
• Catherine Crawfield or Kitten, from Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress
• Catherine or Kitty, from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
• Catherine Earnshaw from Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
• Catherine from Roger O. Hirson's Pippin
• Catherine Mckenna from Bernard MacLaverty's Grace Notes
• Catherine Sloper, the main protagonist in Henry James' Washington Square
• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie

Music

• Katerine, French musician
• Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, better known as Katy Perry, singer
• Katharine McPhee (born 1984), singer

Movies, television, and video games

• Catherine Tramell, the lead character from the film Basic Instinct (1992)
• Catherine Willows, a character from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Katherine a character from the television show Ten Things I Hate About You
• Katherine Mayfair is a character in the television show "Desperate Housewives"
• Catherine-B320, a SPARTAN-III supersoldier in Halo: Reach
• Dr. Catherine Halsey, the creator of the SPARTAN supersoldiers in Halo: Reach and other releases in the Halo franchise
• Katherine Hillard, the second pink Power Ranger
• Catherine Bell (born 1968), American actress
• Catherine "Kate" Bosworth (born 1983), American actress
• Catherine Keener (born 1959), American actress
• Catherine Oxenberg (born 1961), American actress
• Catherine Tate (born 1968), English actress

See also

• Catharine (disambiguation)
• Katherine (given name)
• St. Catherine (disambiguation)
• Ecaterina (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Katherine", All pages beginning with "Katharine", and All pages beginning with "Catherine"
• The list of all Wikipedia pages that begin with "Catherine"
• The list of all Wikipedia pages that begin with "Katherine"
• Karen (name), usually a feminine given name, derived from the Danish short form of Katherine
• Catriona
• Catherina (and similar spellings)