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Katherine vs Kerry - What's the difference?

katherine | kerry |

As a proper noun katherine

is , a popular spelling variant of catherine.

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.

    • kerry

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A county in the Republic of Ireland.
  • derived from the place name, or from the (etyl) given name Kendrick.
  • transferred from the surname or the place name.
  • (female), originally of Australian usage, also spelled Keri, Kerri and Kerrie.

    • Quotations

    * 1845 , The O' Donoghue: A Tale of Ireland Fifty Years Ago , W. Curry 1845, page 26: *: Kerry O'Leary - for so was he called to distinguish him from those of the name in the adjoining county - soon made his appearance in the court-yard beneath. * 2004 , "Hustling Hustings", February 25, 2004: *: A ticket of John Kerry' and John Edwards with, effectively, four first names, would send the wrong message to the world. Also no candidate has ever been elected president, with a girl's name like "' Kerry " for a "surname".