Katharine
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Origin of the name Katharine:
Variant of the Greek Aikaterinē (pure, unsullied). Var: Catharine, Catherine, Katherina, Katheryn, Kathryn. Pet: Cathy, Kathy, Katie, Katy.
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I'm a Katharine, but I've been premanently Katy since the first day of kindergarten to everyone but one great aunt who thinks Katharine is too pretty to waste. I like the double-A's. I haven't met another Katharine. When people comment on the spelling, I just tell them it's like Katharine Hepburn, but really I was named after all of the Maureen O'Hara characters.
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Kat, Kate, Kay-tee
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Katharine Hepburn, actress
Katharine Ross, actress
Saint Katharine Drexel, American born saint, religious, and philanthropist- Katharine in song, story & screen: | Edit
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine McPhee (singer/actress/5th season runner-up of American Idol)
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