Proper noun

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.

Proper noun

- - - despite of what you say of my fine name, I think my head is so obstinate and inflexible that the name Catherine was well chosen. It suits my character. I was given the name by the late Empress Elisabeth, to whom I owe much; she gave it to me out of affection and out of respect for her mother

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;

"Is that your given name?" "Not exactly. My father named me Catherine', and my mother nicknamed me Carrie. Nobody calls me '''Catherine'''." "Oh, but you're much more a '''Catherine''' than a Carrie," observed Peter seriously. "Carrie is simple and mundane; ' Catherine is complex and beautiful."

"Yes, Catherine' sounds like a lovely name. I like it. My new name will be '''Catherine'''." She rolled the name ' Catherine silently again. The name had character a noble ring to it she really liked it.