Catherine
Catherine is a female given name, traditionally spelled with a C though Katherine with K is equally common.
The name has royal associations across European history—multiple queens of England, France, and Russia bore it.
Nicknames include Cathy, Kate, Katie, and Kit.
Catherine called to say she'd be late.
Victim for beliefs
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
- SienaTuscan hill city
- patronRegular supporter or customer
- wheelRotating circular frame
feast · canonized · veneration · virgin · mystic · stigmata · Dominican · devotion
Most powerful chess piece
- princessMonarch's daughter or heir
- empressFemale ruler of empire
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
monarchy · coronation · regent · consort · majesty · dynasty · palace · sovereign
Eurasian federation, largest country
- AragonFormer Iberian kingdom
- MediciFlorentine banking dynasty
- HowardEnglish given name
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
czarina · empress · Romanov · reformation · annulment · divorce · Henry · tsar
Informal substitute name
- femininePertaining to women
- namesakeOne sharing another's name
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- christeningCeremony naming a child
nameday · Catalina · Kathleen · Kitty · diminutive
- BrontëLiterary sisters' surname
- heroineBrave female protagonist
- moorsUncultivated peaty highlands
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
passionate · tragic · Linton · romance · Victorian · novel · protagonist · tempestuous
martyr
Victim for beliefs
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
- SienaTuscan hill city
- patronRegular supporter or customer
wheel · feast · canonized · veneration · virgin · mystic · stigmata · Dominican · devotion · monastery
queen
Most powerful chess piece
- princessMonarch's daughter or heir
- empressFemale ruler of empire
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
throne · monarchy · coronation · regent · consort · majesty · dynasty · palace · sovereign · regal
Russia
Eurasian federation, largest country
Tudor · czarina · empress · Romanov · reformation · annulment · divorce · Henry · tsar · court
nickname
Informal substitute name
- femininePertaining to women
- namesakeOne sharing another's name
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
christening · nameday · Catalina · Kathleen · Kitty · diminutive
Heathcliff
gothic · passionate · tragic · Linton · romance · Victorian · novel · protagonist · tempestuous · obsession
- Girls' NamesAbigail, Alice, Amanda, Amy, Anna
- British NamesElizabeth, George, Henry, William, Victoria
- French NamesCamille, Chantal, Francois, Gerard, Henri
- Katherine namesKathleen, Kathy, Katerina, Kaitlyn, Caitlin
- Royal NamesAugustus, Anne, Caesar, Charles, Carl
- Saint NamesAgatha, Agnes, Ambrose, Andrew, Anthony
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Catherine the GreatRussian empress, enlightenment era
- Catherine O'Hara
- Catherine de' Medici
- Catherine of Aragon
- Catherine de Medici