Katherine (given name)

Catherine is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

The name Catherine is originally from the Greek female personal name Aikaterina (Greek Αικατερίνα ). The origin of this name is disputed: it could have come from the Greek word hekateros ( German: " each of two" ) or make reference to the Greek goddess Hecate.

Starting from the naturalized in the German -dimensional shape with th Katharina and a is the name katharos ( "pure" ) is widely popular etymology derived from the Greek adjective. Thus, this name meant " the Pure ", " the righteous ".

Catherine or Katherine, the French and English for the German forename Catherine. As a male name it is only used in conjunction with a unique male first name in front (similar to Mary in German, such as a double name Barthelemy - Catherine). Otherwise equivalent to the male version of the name of the Latin Catharinus.

Dissemination

The name "Catherine " is one of the few names that belonged since 1890 without interruption to the 140 most popular names in Germany. End of the 19th century, the name was moderately popular, its frequency decreased then continuously until the early 1940s from. From there, a strong increase in its dissemination is a moderate first, from the mid-70s recorded. End of the 80s the name was some times even the most awarded female first name in Germany. After that, his popularity decreased again, so that today the level of 1890 is reached again in about.

Name-day

The most important name days are:

• March 24 St. Catherine of Sweden
• April 29 St. Catherine of Siena
• September 15 St. Catherine of Genoa
• November 25 St. Catherine of Alexandria
• St. Catherine Laboure December 31

Other memorials see Saint Catherine.

Variants and Koseformen

• Caitlin
• Carina
• Catalina
• Catarina
• Cate
• Caterina
• Catharina
• Catherina
• Catherine
• Cathi, Cathy
• Cathrin
• Cathrina
• Cati
• Catrin
• Catrina
• Caty
• Chat Erina
• Ekaterina
• Ekaterine
• Aikaterini
• Yekaterina
• Karen
• Karin
• Karina
• Karine
• Katarina
• Katarzyna
• Cottage
• Kate
• Katenka
• Kateri ( Mohawk )
• Katerina
• Kateřina
• Kateryna (Ukrainian )
• Katha
• Katharine
• Kate ( diminutive )
• Käthe
• Katherina
• Katherine
• Kathi, Kathy
• Kathleen
• Kathrein
• Kathrin
• Kathrina
• Kati
• Katia
• Katie
• Katinka
• Katja
• Katjuscha
• Katjuschenka
• Katjuschka
• Katrein
• Katrin
• Katrín ( Icelandic)
• Katrine
• Katuska
• Rina
• Trine

Famous names winners

• Catherine I Alexeyevna (1684-1727), second wife of the Russian Tsar Peter the Great
• Catherine the Great (1729-1796), Russian empress
• Katharine, Duchess of Kent ( born 1933), British noblewoman and wife of Prince Edward, 2nd Duke of Kent
• Catherine Beddies (* 1994), German handball player
• Katharina Bluhm (* 1961), German sociologist
• Katharina Böhm (born 1964 ), Austrian actress
• Katharina Boll- Dornberger (also Kate Dornberger -Schiff; 1909-1981 ), Austrian- German physicist
• Catherine Deppert (1940 ), German Federal Judge
• Catherine Diez (1809-1882), German writer
• Catherine Fegebank (* 1977), German politician (GAL )
• Katharina Franck ( b. 1963 ), German singer and musician, founder of the Rain Birds
• Katharina Fritsch ( * 1956 ), German visual artist
• Katharina Hacker ( born 1967), German writer
• Catherine Hagena (* 1967), German author
• Katharina Hammerschmidt (1943-1975), member of the " first generation" of the Red Army Faction (RAF )
• Katharina Hein Roth (1897-1989), German zoologist and director of the Berlin Zoo
• Catherine Heise (1891-1964), German sculptor and painter
• Catherine hero ( b. 1977 ), German script writer
• Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003), American actress
• Catherine John (* 1970), German dramaturge
• Katharina Kühn ( * 1980 ), German basketball national team
• Catherine Landgraf (b. Mühlbach; * 1954), German politician (CDU )
• Katherine Lim (* 1993), Philippine football national team
• Katharine Mehrling, German actress, musical performer, singer and songwriter
• Katharina Mommsen (born Room, * 1925), German - American literary scholar
• Katharina Müller- Elmau (* 1965), German actress and musician
• Catherine Pfeffer ( b. 1951 ), Austrian politician ( SPÖ)
• Catherine Rutschky (1941-2010), German publicist
• Catherine Staritz (* 1903-1953 ), German Protestant theologian and one of the first pastors
• Catherine Steindl (* 1944), Austrian politician ( SPÖ)
• Katharina Thalbach (* 1954), German theater and film actress and director
• Katharina von Bora ( January 29, 1499 *, † December 20, 1552 in Torgau ), wife of the German reformer Martin Luther
• Katharina Wagner (born 1978 ), German opera director and artistic director and managing director of the Bayreuth Festival
• Katarina Witt (born 1965 ), German figure skater, Olympic gold medalist
• Katharina Wackernagel (* 1978), German actress

Fictional people

• Catherine of Swabia ( Kathy of Heilbronn to increase their registry - title character in Heinrich von Kleist's great historical knight drama Cathy of Heilbronn, or the trial by fire )
• Katja Kabanowa, main character of the tragedy storm of Alexander Ostrovsky and title character of the opera Káťa Kabanová of Leoš Janáček after Ostrowski's tragedy
• Katharina Blum, see The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Boll
• Kate (Katherine ) Mosley, the main character in the film Picture Perfect, played by Jennifer Aniston
• Katharina Knie, main character in the same piece of rope dancers Zuckmayer
• Katharina Knie (Musical), main character in the eponymous musical version of the rope-dancer piece of Zuckmayer with music by Mischa Spoliansky
• Catherine Earnshaw, Emily Brontë's main character in Wuthering Heights ( Wuthering Heights )
• La Catrina, a skeleton lady of the Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada
• Catherine, the main character in William Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew
• Katharina Petrova [ body double in ' Vampire Diaries ']