Talk:Katherine (given name)

C or K?
I think Katherine should be spelled with a C like this. Catherine. More people spell it like that. Homie Dog 35 (talk) 13:09, 30 May 2009 (UTC)Homie Dog 35
 * Seems to me that worldwide more people spell it with a K. The use of C in the name is an adaption in English.72.75.33.246 (talk) 22:08, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Variants or pet names
Looking at the variants, there are some cases that are pet names rather than given names or name variations. While including these may be legitimate (although I consider the international depth excessive), it would be preferable to separate between the two types (given names and pet names).

Examples include the German Trina, Trinchen, Trine which are virtually unheard of as given names (and rare even as pet names), and likely e.g. Nienke, Rina, Trijntje, ... Some of the English variations are also far-fetched: Kay, e.g., is likely to have a different root (Sir Kay was not a woman), and is likely in actuality just K as a reduction to the initial (which would then apply to any name beginning with the letter K). 88.77.184.34 (talk) 21:11, 22 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I like that people can find name origins for Trinchen here. No other page in this wiki includes that name.  Doing some reference checking before removals would be good.  National census data is fairly easy to get to, and very authoritative. —Preceding unsigned comment added by  Avirr  (talk • contribs)  3 May 2010
 * Just to be sure: census data only records the use of names at a particular period of time. We need another source to show the origin of a particular name, and the reason why that particular name is used.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 06:36, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Qatrina (قطرینہ)
I was wondering if the Arabic (and associated cultures) version above starting with a ق should be listed under "Variants". --iFaqeer (talk) 08:16, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Additional citations?
Why is this article flagged as needing additional citations? What facts are uncited at present? Wombat (talk) 14:38, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Answer to your question: the entire content of the "variants" section. Everything there ought to be reffed to an entry in some cited name dictionary. Those that cannot be, or cannot be otherwise attested, should be deleted. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 23:33, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I've done a few to show the way. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 15:53, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Added a bunch of US and UK government name links. --Avirr (talk) 04:31, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Greek puzzle

 * The name originated from the Greek Αικατερίνη (εκ του καθαρός: εξαγνισμένη ή εαρινή, ανοιξιάτικη)-(Aikaterinẽ).

What is the long Greek phrase in parenthesis? A folk etymology? —Tamfang (talk) 19:24, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Belarusian form?
I was looking at forms of this name in other languages and noticed that belarusian is not listed. Could someone add the belarusian form? --Oksana Yulia (talk) 09:02, 23 March 2013 (UTC) Oksana Yulia

Kailaura → Kelavra

 * Καιλαύρα / كلارا / Kailaura (Greek, Hawaiian, Arabic, German)

Kailaura was changed to Kelavra to reflect modern Greek pronunciation, but does that pronunciation exist in Arabic or German? It's not possible in Hawaiian! —Tamfang (talk) 06:04, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Latvian form
The article currently lists "Ekaterina" as the Latvian form of this name. According to the government's statistics, only 505 people in Latvia are named "Ekaterina", while 8036 people are named "Jekaterina", 3362 people are named "Katrīna", and 1274 people are named "Jekaterīna". I'd say that either "Katrīna" or "Jekaterina" should be considered the Latvian form of this name (at least one of them should definitely be included in the article). Popoffka (talk) 16:34, 13 August 2013 (UTC)