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KATHERINE
Gender: Feminine Usage: English Pronounced: KATH-u-rin, KATH-rin [key]
From the Greek name
Αικατερινη (Aikaterine). The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name
‘Εκατερινη (Hekaterine), which came from
‘εκατερος (hekateros) "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess
HECATE; it could be related to Greek
αικια (aikia) "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". The Romans associated it with Greek
καθαρος (katharos) "pure" and changed their spelling from
Katerina to
Katharina to reflect this. The name belonged to a 4th-century saint and martyr from Alexandria who was tortured on the famous Catherine wheel. Another saint by this name was Catherine of Siena, a 14th-century mystic. This name was also borne by two empresses of Russia, including Catherine the Great, and by three of Henry VIII's wives.
NOTE.. MY NAME IS NOT KATHERINE.. ITS CATHERINE.. BUT IT SAID I HAD TO LOOK AT THIS ONE.. URRRRRRGH
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