Katherine Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christ ...

is a feminine given name. Katherine, Catherine or Katharine may also refer to:

People

Saints

Saint Catherine of Alexandria Catherine of Alexandria (also spelled Katherine); grc-gre, ἡ Ἁγία Αἰκατερίνη ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς ; ar, سانت كاترين; la, Catharina Alexandrina). is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, wh ...

(4th century) * Saint Catherine of Sweden (circa 1332–1381) * Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) *

Saint Catherine of Bologna Catherine of Bologna aterina de' Vigri(8 September 1413 – 9 March 1463)Stephen Donovan (1908). " St. Catherine of Bologna". In ''Catholic Encyclopedia''. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company. was an Italian Poor Clare, writer, teacher, mystic ...

(1413-1463) * Saint Catherine of Genoa (circa 1447-1510) * Saint Catherine of Ricci (1522-1590)

Royalty

Catherine of Portugal (nun) The Infanta Catarina (1436–1463); (; ) was a Portuguese '' infanta'' (princess), daughter of King Edward of Portugal and his wife Eleanor of Aragon. Life Catherine was born in Lisbon on 26 November 1436. Like her sisters Joan and Eleanor ...

(1436–1463), Portuguese infanta (princess) * Catherine the Great (1729–1796), Empress of Russia *

Catherine of Valois Catherine of Valois or Catherine of France (27 October 1401 – 3 January 1437) was Queen of England from 1420 until 1422. A daughter of Charles VI of France, she was married to Henry V of England and gave birth to his heir Henry VI of Englan ...

(1401–1437), Queen consort of England to Henry V of England * Catherine of Aragon (1485–1536), Queen Consort of England as Henry VIII of England's first wife *

Catherine Howard Catherine Howard ( – 13 February 1542), also spelled Katheryn Howard, was Queen of England from 1540 until 1542 as the fifth wife of Henry VIII. She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper, a cousin to Anne Boleyn (the se ...

(c. 1523–1542), Queen Consort of England as Henry VIII of England's fifth wife * Catherine Parr (1512–1548), Queen Consort of England as Henry VIII of England's sixth wife * Catherine de' Medici (1519–1589), Queen of France as the wife of King Henri II of France *

Catherine of Braganza Catherine of Braganza ( pt, Catarina de Bragança; 25 November 1638 – 31 December 1705) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland during her marriage to King Charles II, which lasted from 21 May 1662 until his death on 6 February 1685. She ...

(1638–1705), Queen Consort of King Charles II of England *

Catherine I of Russia Catherine I ( rus, Екатери́на I Алексе́евна Миха́йлова, Yekaterína I Alekséyevna Mikháylova; born , ; – ) was the second wife and empress consort of Peter the Great, and Empress Regnant of Russia from 1725 u ...

(1684–1727), Tsarina-consort of Russia, wife of Peter the Great *

Katharine, Duchess of Kent Katharine, Duchess of Kent, (born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, 22 February 1933) is a member of the British royal family. She is married to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a grandson of King George V. The Duchess of Kent converted to Roman Ca ...

(born 1933), wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent *

Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark Princess Katherine of Greece and DenmarkMarlene A. Eilers, ''Queen Victoria's Descendants'' (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 165. ( el, Αικατερίνη; 4 May 1913 – 2 October 2007), styled in the United King ...

(1913–2007), great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom * Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia (born 1943), wife of Alexander, Crown Prince of Serbia * Catherine, Princess of Wales (born 1982), wife of the

Prince of Wales Prince of Wales ( cy, Tywysog Cymru, ; la, Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. Prior to the conquest by Edward I in the 13th century, it was used by the rulers ...

, heir to the British throne *

Catherine of Lancaster Catherine of Lancaster ( Castilian: ''Catalina''; 31 March 1373 – 2 June 1418) was Queen of Castile by marriage to King Henry III of Castile. She governed Castile as regent from 1406 until 1418 during the minority of her son. Queen Catherin ...

(1373–1418), daughter of John of Gaunt and wife of Henry III of Castile

Places

Australia

* Katherine, Northern Territory, a town in Australia

Canada

* St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Egypt

Saint Catherine's Monastery Saint Catherine's Monastery ( ar, دير القدّيسة كاترين; grc-gre, Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης), officially the Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of Saint Katherine of the Holy and God-Trodden Mount Sinai, ...

, Mount Sinai, Egypt

England

Catherine-de-Barnes Catherine-de-Barnes (known to locals as Catney) is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the English county of West Midlands. It is situated about 2.25 miles (3.6 km) east of Solihull town centre, in the civil parish of Hampto ...

, Solihull, England. Perhaps named after Ketelberne, who owned it after the Norman Conquest.

Greece

Katerini Katerini ( el, Κατερίνη, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Pieria regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, ...

, Greece, named for Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Russia

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

, Russia, named for St. Catherine and Empress Catherine II of Russia

Scotland

Catrine Catrine is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland which was formerly a centre of cotton manufacture. It has a population of around () Geography The village lies on the River Ayr which previously provided water power for local industry. It is in ...

, Ayrshire, Scotland

United States

Catherine, Alabama Catherine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 65. Geography Catherine is located at and has an elevation of . Jake Peavy Jacob Edward ...

* Katherine, Arizona * Catherine, Colorado * Catharine, New York * Catharine Creek, Oregon *

Lake Catherine (disambiguation) Lake Catherine may refer to: * Lake Catherine (Arkansas), a lake in the US * Lake Catherine, Illinois, a census-designated place See also * Lake Katherine, a lake in New Mexico, US * Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve, a nature preserve in Ja ...

Literature

* ''Katherine'' (Min novel), a 1995 novel by Anchee Min * ''Katherine'' (Seton novel), a 1954 historical novel by Anya Seton * ''

An Abundance of Katherines ''An Abundance of Katherines'' is a young adult novel by John Green. Released in 2006, it was a finalist for the Michael L. Printz Award. The novel includes an appendix by Daniel Biss, a close friend of Green, that explains some of the more c ...

'', a 2006 young adult novel by John Green * ''Catherine'' (Thackeray novel), an 1840 serial novel by William Makepeace Thackeray * ''Catherine'' (Waltari novel), a 1942 novel by Mika Waltari * ''Catherine'' (Benzoni novel), 1964 novel by Juliette Benzoni

Music

* Catherine (alternative rock band), an alternative rock band signed to TVT Records * Catherine (metalcore band), a metalcore band from Sacramento, California *"Katharine", a The Durutti Column song from the album ''

The Return of the Durutti Column ''The Return of the Durutti Column'' is the debut studio album by English band The Durutti Column. It was released in January 1980, through record label Factory. Background The initial two thousand copies also included a flexi-disc single wi ...

'' (1980) * "Catherine" (song), the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, performed in French by French singer Romuald

Movies and television

* ''Katherine'' (film), 1975 television film starring Sissy Spacek, Art Carney, and Henry Winkler * ''Catherine'' (1986 TV series), a French TV series produced for Antenne 2 channel in 1986 * ''Catherine'' (1999 TV series), a Quebec sitcom that aired on Radio-Canada from 1999 to 2003 * ''Catherine the Great'' (TV series), a 2015 Russian television series * ''Ekaterina'' (TV series), a 2014 Russian television series

Ships

*, various ships of the British Royal Navy *, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918 *, a United States Navy patrol boat and tug in commission from 1917 to 1919 * ''Catherine'' (1811 ship), a 325-ton sailing ship and whaler built in 1811 at New Bedford

Other uses

* ''Catherine'' (video game), 2011 video game