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Katherine vs Kieran - What's the difference?

katherine | kieran |

As proper nouns the difference between katherine and kieran

is that katherine is , a popular spelling variant of catherine while kieran is , an anglicized form of.

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.

    • kieran

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , an anglicized form of .
  • .

    • Usage notes

    * The name Kieran and the alternative spelling Ciaran are more commonly used as male names, but have been used as female names. The more-common feminine forms are Kiera, Ciara, or Keira.

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