First name Catherine - Meaning, Origin and Rating
Origin
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Meaning
Origin disputed: the Romans indicated (incorrectly) as the name of the Greek "katharos" duly stamped and valid form today, "Catherine" spread by the name of St. Catherine of Alexandria (3. . / 4th century)
Famous people with the first name Catherine
- Catherine the Great (Person)
- Catherine, Princess of Wales (Princess of Wales)
- Catherine of Aragon (Henry VIII's first wife)
- Catherine Parr (Writer)
- Catherine de' Medici (Princess of Urbino)
- Catherine Oxenberg (American actress)
- Catherine Bell (American actress)
- Catherine O'Hara (Actor)
- Catherine Howard (Fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England)