Cathy

English diminutive of Catherine, Greek

"pure"

Cathy Origin and Meaning

Variation of Cathleen

Cathy Rank in US Top 1000

# 923 in the US

Popularity of the name Cathy

• 1492 Nameberry 2025

Famous People Named Cathy

• Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman Australian Olympic sprinter
• Cathy Lee Guisewite American comic,strip artist
• Catherine Roseanne "Cathy" Dennis English singer,songwriter
• Cathy McLeod Canadian MP
• Catherine Mary "Cathy" Jamieson Scottish MP

The name Cathy in Pop Culture

• Catherine "Cathy" Earnshaw main character in Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights"
• Cathy Andrews Hillman main character in comic strip "Cathy" by Cathy Guisewite
• Cathy Dollanganger character in V.C. Andrews' Dollanganger series
• Cathy Gale character on British TV's "The Avengers"
• Cathy Chaterly character in "Sims" series
• Catherine "Cathy" Alessi character on Australian soap "Neighbours"
• Chatty Cathy talking doll by Mattel
• Catherine "Cathy" Hiatt main character in musical "The Last 5 Years" by Jason Robert Brown