Katherine (/ kæθərɪn /), 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. [1] In the early Christian era it came to be associated with the Greek adjective καθαρός (katharos ...
In the United States the spelling Katherine has been more popular since 1973. Famous bearers of the name include Catherine of Siena, a 14th-century mystic, and Catherine de' Medici, a 16th-century French queen.
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Katherine is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "pure". Katherine is the 175 ranked female name by popularity.
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fem. proper name, Danish shortened form of Katherine. Rare before 1928; a top-10 name for girls born in the U.S. 1951-1968. The modern pejorative use in reference to a person regarded as ignorant, meddlesome, entitled, racist, or generally negative, is attested by 2005, originally often with reference to meanness or stupidity, and exploded in popularity 2018, with more emphasis on the racism ...
Katherine Jackson, the matriarch of the Jackson family and mother to the late Michael Jackson, made a rare appearance ahead of the "Michael" premiere.