Katherine

Greek

"pure"

Katherine Origin and Meaning

Variation of Caterina

Katherine Rank in US Top 1000

# 175 in the US

Katherine Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 149 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Katherine

• 175 US 2024
• 149 Nameberry 2025
• 598 England 2024
• 112 Mexico 2021

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Famous People Named Katherine

• Katherine Swynford Duchess of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt
• Katherine Princess of Greece and Denmark, daughter of Constantine I
• Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric American newscaster
• Katherine Mansfield New Zealand fiction writer
• Katherine Grace "Kat" McNamara American actress
• Katherine Anne Porter (born Callie Russell Porter) American novelist
• Katherine "Kate" Chopin American novelist
• Katherine Evelyn Anita "Katie" Cassidy American actress
• Katherine Marie Heigl American actress
• Katherine Jenkins Welsh operatic mezzo,soprano
• Katherine Sian Moennig American actress
• Katherine Elizabeth Webb American model
• Katherine Murray "Kate" Millett American feminist author
• Katherine Kiernan Maria "Kate" Mulgrew American actress
• Katherine Emily "Kate" Hewlett Canadian actress
• Katherine Rundell British author
• Katherine Elizabeth "Kate" Upton American model
• Katherine Ryan Canadian,British comedienne
• Katherine Frances "Katy" Brand English actress
• Katherine Marlea Clark U.S. Congresswoman from Massachusetts
• Katherine Harris U.S. Congresswoman from Florida
• Katherine Esau German,American botanist
• Katherine Mary Dunham American dancer
• Katherine Jane Parkinson English actress
• Katherine "Kate" Ritchie Australian actress
• Katherine Clairy Batis Crown Princess of Yugoslavia as wife of Crown Prince Alexander
• Katherine Tudor Princess of England, daughter of King Henry VII
• Katherine Kelly English Actress
• Katherine "Katie" Beth Nolan American sports personality and television host
• Katherine Schwarzenegger daughter of journalist Maria Shriver and actor/politician Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Katherine Langford Australian actress
• Katherine Ellen "Kath" Soucie American actress
• Katherine Johnson African,American NASA computer, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.
• Katherine Swati Kaling (b. 2017) daughter of actress/writer Mindy Kaling
• Katherine Bowes Lyon, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II
• Katherine Uchida Canadian rhythmic gymnast
• Katherine Ann Cimorelli Bass guitarist/singer in the band Cimorelli
• Katherine "Kat" Reynolds American soccer player

The name Katherine in Pop Culture

• Katherine "Kate" Houghton Beckett main character on TV's "Castle"
• Katherine "Kitty" Freemont character in Leon Uris' "Exodus"
• Katerina Petrova aka Katherine Pierce character on TV's 'The Vampire Diaries'
• Katherine Solomon character in 'The Lost Symbol' by Dan Brown
• Katherine "Kitty" Forman character on TV's "That 70s show"
• Katherine Mayfair character on TV's 'Desperate Housewives'
• Katherine "Kitty" Anne Pryde also known as Shadowcat, character in Marvel Universe
• Katherine "Kat" Hillard second Pink Ranger in the Power Rangers series
• Katherine Glendenning character on TV's 'The Paradise'
• Katherine "Kate" Kavanagh minor character in '50 Shades of Grey" series
• Katherine daughter in Shakespeare's "Henry V"
• Katherine "Kate" character in Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew"
• Katherine 'Kate' Austen character on TV's "Lost"
• "An Abundance of Katherines " novel by John Green
• Katherine "Kay" Corleone character in "The Godfather" series
• Katherine "Kate " character in 'Mortal Engines' by Philip Reeve
• "Katherine " 1975 movie and main character
• Katherine Plumber character in Disney's Newsies
• Katherine "kissing Kate" Barlow character in Louis Sachar's "Holes"
• Katherine "Katie" Abbott Newman daughter of Victoria Newman & Billy Abbott on "The Young and the Restless"
• Katherine "Kate" Kane aka Batwoman DC Comics superhero.
• Katherine "Kate" Sanders character in TV series "Lizzie McGuire"
• Katherine Warren character in the "Resident Evil" video game series
• Katherine Fuller theater kid in "From Dusk Till Dawn"
• Katherine "Kate" Olivia Harker main character in Victoria Schwab's Monsters of Verity duology