Catherine

Meaning

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Concepts

Catherine

Catherine II

Catherine the Great

Catherine of Aragon

Katherine

Kate

Katharine

Katie

Kathleen Katniss

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæθ(ə)ɹɪn/

Etymology

From French Catherine, from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterínē), *Ἑκατερίνη (*Hekaterínē), of debated meaning, possibly from ἑκάτερος (hekáteros, “each of the two”), or from the name of the goddess Hecate. The apheresis of the first syllable as well as the spelling with ⟨th⟩ in Latin languages, German and English, is due to a folk etymology, dating from Roman times, which associated the name with the Ancient Greek καθαρός (katharós, “pure”). The name belonged to a 4th-century saint and martyr from Alexandria who was supposedly tortured on the wheel from where the term Catherine wheel originates.

Sentences

In November , Catherine and Edzard left for Ostfriesland.