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Caitlin vs Katherine - What's the difference?

caitlin | katherine |

As proper nouns the difference between caitlin and katherine

is that caitlin is {{given name|female|from=Irish}} while Katherine is {{given name|female|from=Ancient Greek}}, a popular spelling variant of Catherine.

caitlin

English

Alternative forms

* Caitlyn, Catelyn, Catelin * Kaitlin, Kaitlyn, Katelyn, Katelin * Katelynn

Proper noun

(Caitlins)
  • .
  • * 1997 , Bernard Alger Drew, The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors: Biographical Sketches and Biographies , page 327:
    • Beautiful, charming, rich, clever Caitlin needs one thing: love.
  • * 2003 , Helena Pielichaty, After School Club , page 3:
    • Caitlin is sixteen and a sixth former at The Magna and is under a lot of pressure with exams.
  • * 2006 , Suzanne Holland, The Integrity Conundrum'', Carol Taylor, Roberto Dell'Oro (editors), ''Health And Human Flourishing: Religion, Medicine, And Moral Anthropology , page 114:
    • Sixteen-year-old Caitlin — and all our nieces and sisters and friends — need to grow up in a culture that prizes difference, not conformity.

    See also

    * Kathleen

    Anagrams

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    katherine

    English

    (Katherine River)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , a popular spelling variant of Catherine.
  • * 1816 Alexander Chalmers: The General Biographical Dictionary : page 186:
    • SAVAGE (HENRY) - - - His aim was to appear great in little things, and the gravity with which he discusses the origin, derivation, &c of the name Katherine', whether it should be spelt with a K or a C, at which time the letter ''k'' was introduced, and the double ''l'' in Balliol, is truly wonderful. - - - By his wife, Lady Mary Sandys, he left issue Henry, Edwin, John, ' Katherine , and Thomas
  • * 1991 Margaret Atwood: Wilderness Tips ISBN 0385 421060 : page 36:
    • During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine , dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy - - - At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt - - - When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail.
  • A placename given to a river and a town in Northern Territory, Australia.