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Catherine

OriginGreek
Meaning"pure"
GenderGirl

About Catherine

Variation of Caitlin

As of September 2026, Catherine ranked #314 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #18 in 1917, Nameberry popularity #207.

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Famous Catherines

  • Saint Catherine of Alexandria

    4th century Roman martyr

  • Saint Catherine of Siena

    Italian nun

  • Catherine I (born Marta Helena Skowrońska)

    Empress of Russia; wife of Peter the Great

  • Catherine II "The Great" (born Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt

    Zerbst,Dornburg), Empress of Russia

  • Catherine

    Queen of Navarre in her own right

  • Catherine of Valois

    Queen consort of Henry V of England

  • Catherine of Aragon

    first Queen consort of Henry VIII of England

  • Catherine Howard

    fifth Queen consort of Henry VIII of England

  • Catherine Parr

    sixth Queen consort of Henry VIII of England

  • Catherine of Braganza

    Queen consort of Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland

  • Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Middleton

    Duchess of Cambridge, wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge

  • Catherine (Caterina Maria Romula di Lorenzo) de' Medici

    Queen consort of Henry II of France

  • Catherine of Lancaster

    Queen consort of Henry III of Castile

  • Catherine Sunadotter of Ymseborg

    Queen consort of Eric XI of Sweden and the Goths

  • Catherine of Bjurum

    Queen consort of Charles VIII and I of Sweden and Norway

  • Catherine of Saxe

    Lauenburg, first Queen consort of Gustav I of Sweden

  • Catherine Stenbock

    second Queen consort of Gustav I of Sweden

  • Catherine Jagiellon

    Queen consort of John III of Sweden

  • Catherine of Austria

    Queen consort of John III of Portugal

  • Catherine of Austria

    Queen consort of Sigismund II Augustus of Poland

  • Catherine of Bosnia

    Queen consort of Stephen Thomas of Bosnia

  • Catherine Ann "Kate" Bosworth

    American actress

  • Catherine Elise "Cate" Blanchett

    Australian actress

  • Catherine Ann Keener

    American actress

  • Catherine Zeta

    Jones, Welsh actress

  • Catherine "Kate" Bush

    English singer,songwriter

  • Catherine "Kate" Ceberano

    Australian singer,songwriter

  • Catherine Oxenberg

    American actress; daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia

  • Catherine Fabienne Dorleac Deneuve

    French actress

  • Catherine Lisa Bell

    American actress

  • Catherine Lucy Hawking

    English journalist and novelist

  • Catherine Tate

    British actress

  • Catherine Jinks

    Australian author

  • Catherine Curtin

    American actress

  • Catherine Judith "Kate" Markowitz

    American singer,songwriter

  • Catherine Joan "Kate" Wilkinson

    New Zealand politician

  • Catherine Winifred "Kate" Harcourt

    New Zealand actress

  • Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Pierson

    singer of American band The B,52's

  • Catherine "Kate" Greenaway

    English children's author

  • Catherine Davis "Kate" Higgins

    American voice actress

  • Catherine "Catt" Sadler

    American entertainment news reporter

  • Catherine Tate

    English comedienne

  • Catherine Booth

    English co,founder of the Salvation Army

  • Catherine Carey

    Lady Knollys, cousin and Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I

  • Catherine Willoughby

    12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby

  • Catherine Seymour

    Countess of Hertford, sister of Lady Jane Grey

  • Catherine Thomson "Kate" Dickens

    wife of novelist Charles Dickens

  • Catherine Skinner

    Australian sport shooter

  • Catherine O’Hara

    Canadian actress

  • Catherine Elizabeth "Cate" Edwards

    attorney and daughter of former U.S. Senator John Edwards

  • Catherine Paiz

    YouTuber from "The ACE Family"

Catherine in pop culture

  • Lady Catherine de Bourgh and Catherine "Kitty" Bennet

    two characters from Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice"

  • Catherine "Cathy" Earnshaw

    character in Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights"

  • Catherine Linton

    daughter of Catherine Earnshaw, character in "Wuthering Heights"

  • Catherine Barkley

    main love interest in Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms"

  • Catherine

    minor character in "The Great Gatsby"

  • Catherine Willows

    character from TV's 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'

  • Catherine Tramell

    main character in movie 'Basic Instinct'

  • "Catherine

    " Atlus video game and main character

  • Catherine Leigh Dollanganger

    from the Dollanganger Saga by V.C. Andrews

  • Catherine Morland

    character from Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey

  • Catherine Chandler

    character from TV's "Beauty And The Beast"

  • Catherine Martell

    character on TV's "Twin Peaks"

  • "Catherine

    " series of novels by Juliette Benzoni

  • Catherine Rollins

    character on TV's 'Hawaii Five,0'

  • Lavinia Catherine Swire

    character from Downton Abbey

  • Catherine "Charlie" Demarco

    character from the TV Series Graceland

  • Catherine Jane "Cat" Grant

    character on TV's "Supergirl"

  • Catherine Meyer

    Selina's daughter on TV's "Veep"

  • Catherine Wilder (née Henderson)

    character in Marvel Universe

  • Catherine

    character in Fire Emblem Three Houses video game

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