| Name info: About the name Kathy in particular | | Gender: | female |
| Languages of use: | English |
| Is short form of: | Katherine |
| Topics: | Asteroid 4711 Kathy, discovered 1989 |
| US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
| Similarly written: | Cathy, Käthe, Katy, Fathi, Kacey, Kacey, Kaley, Karly, Kary, Kasey Details |
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| Group info: About Katherine, the group of names with the same origin as Kathy | | Meaning/translation: | maybe the pure |
| Language of origin: | Old Greek |
| Info about origin: | of debated origin; the Romans (falsely) interpreted it as deriving from Greek katharos (pure) and gave the name the form Katharina |
| | known from Saint Katharina of Alexandria (3th/4th century AD) |
| Words: | katharos = pure Old Greek |
| Topics: | 14 Holy Helpers |
| Variants' top ranks: | 1:Katharina Germany/West 1986, 1:Katrín Iceland 2013, 2:Katie Ireland 2004, 2:Catalina Argentina 2018, 3:Katalin Hungary 2014, 3:Katarzyna Poland 2012, 3:Kari Norway 2015, 4:Kathrin Germany/West 1979, 4:Catherine France 2011, 5:Katarina Croatia 2011 |
| Somehow related to: | Catalin, Karin |
| Old/original forms: | Aikaterine Old Greek, Cateline Old French, Katharina Latin |
| Name variants: | Caitlin, Caitlyn, Caitlynn, Caitriona, Catalina, Catalina, Catarina, Catera, Caterina, Catharina, Catherina, Catherine, Cathérine, Cathleen, Cathrin, Cathrina, Cathrine, Cathy, Catia, Cato, Catrin, Catrina, Catriona, Ekaterina, Jekaterina, Kaarina, Kaat, Kaitlin, Kaitlyn, Kaitlynn, Kari, Kata, Katalin, Katalina, Katariina, Katarina, Katarzyna, Kate, Käte, Katelin, Katelyn, Katelynn, Katerina, Katerina, Katerina, Katharina, Katharine, Käthe, Katherina, Katherine, Katheryn, Kathinka, Kathleen, Kathrin, Kathrina, Kathrine, Kathryn, Kathy, Katia, Katia, Katica, Katie, Katina, Katinka, Katja, Katjana, Katjuscha, Katjusha, Katlin, Katlyn, Katlynn, Katrien, Katrijn, Katrin, Katrín, Katrina, Katrine, Katy, Katya, Kerrin, Ketty, Kitti, Kitty, Nienke, Riina, Tina, Tinka, Trine, Yekaterina Sortable list Details |
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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Kathy | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| USA decades | Graph | 1990-1999 587, 1980-1989 362, 1970-1979 134, 1960-1969 40 |
| USA prevalence | | 1990 71 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 2008 990, 2007 922, 2006 904, 2005 886, 2004 868, 2003 806, 2002 693, 2001 718, 2000 653, 1999 646, 1998 618, 1997 590, 1996 529, 1995 563, 1994 538, 1993 537 |
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