Catharine - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Catharine \c(a)-thari-ne, cath(a)-rine\ is a variant of Catherine (Greek) and Katherine (Greek), and the meaning of Catharine is "pure". See also Cathy.

The baby name Catharine sounds like Katharine, Cathrine, Catharyne, Catharina, Catharin and Catarine. Other similar baby names are Cathaline, Catarina, Kathyrine, Kathrine, Katharyne, Catrine, Cathrinn, Cathline, Cathirin, Catherinn, Catherina, Catherin, Cathatina, Catharyna and Kathaline.

Catharine is a very common first name for women (#1271 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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