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Cathy vs Kathy - What's the difference?

cathy | kathy | Alternative forms |

Kathy is a alternative form of cathy.



As proper nouns the difference between cathy and kathy

is that cathy is a diminutive form of Catherine and of its variant forms, also used as a formal given name in the 20th century while Kathy is a diminutive of the female given names Katherine, Kathleen, and related names; also used as a formal given name.

cathy

English

Alternative forms

* Cathi * Cathie * Kathi * Kathie * Kathy

Proper noun

(en-proper noun)
  • A diminutive form of Catherine and of its variant forms, also used as a formal given name in the 20th century.
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  • *:It was named Catherine, but he never called it the name in full, as he had never called the first Catherine short, probably because Heathcliff had a habit of doing so. The little one was always Cathy , it formed to him a distinction from the mother, and yet, a connection with her;

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    kathy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Cathi, Cathie, Cathy * Kathi, Kathie

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the female given names Katherine, Kathleen, and related names; also used as a formal given name.
  • * 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.
    English diminutives of female given names