Proper noun

- - - Our house is not of the era of Queen Isabella, but of the Princess Patricia ."

"That sounds like Aunt Isabel. They always call me Patricia' there. Don't you think, papa, now that I'm getting so grown up, I ought to be called ' Patricia ? Patty is such a baby name."

"Patty is good enough for me," said Mr. Fairfield. "If you want to be called Patricia', you must get somebody else to do it. I dare say you could hire somebody for a small sum per week to call you ' Patricia for a given number of times every day."

"Now, you're making fun of me, papa; but I do want to grow up dignified, and not be a silly schoolgirl all my life."

"Trix" was a derivation of Trish, our mother's girlhood name, or cognomen, as she called it; Trish was itself a derivation of Patricia . Trix disliked her original name because she thought it prissy and old-fashioned, but she didn't much like "Trix" either.

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.