International Baby Names
International Variations of Katherine
Katherine remains a timeless classic among baby names for girls. Notable historical figures bearing the name include the three wives of Henry VIII—Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr—as well as Russian Empress Catherine the Great and the iconic Hollywood actress Katharine Hepburn. The literary world also features memorable Catherines, such as Catherine "Cathy" Earnshaw from Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights , Catherine "Kitty" Bennet and Catherine Morland from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey , as well as Catherine Barkley from Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms .