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Help[Opinions] Re: Katherine, Kathryn, Catherine
in reply to a message by Lily
I have known 2 Kathryn's, 1 Catherine, and 1 Katharine. I also know a lot of Katie's, and I don't know how their full names are spelled.
Which spelling have you encountered most often? If someone told you her name was Katherine what would be your first intention to spell it? (assuming you didn't know how it was spelled and couldn't ask her).
Kathryn is what I would have encountered the most, but I would automatically spell it Katherine, the same way I expect people to spell my name RACHEL the first time; because it's the most common spelling.
Do the spellings of the name conjure up different images of different people? For example is a Catherine a bit older than a Kathryn? Or would a Katherine come from a better social background than a Katharine? Is Kathryn a tomboy and Catharine a girly girl? Just tell me what first comes to mind.
Only vaguely. Catherine is a bit stuffy imo. But since they're all so classic sounding, I wouldn't put tomboy and girly girl labels on them. All the Katherine's I have met (regardless of spelling) have all been lovers of literature and words though-- reading or writing, so I sort of expect that, a little.
What is your preferred spelling? Is there a spelling you don't like at all?
Katherine or Katharine, I guess. I don't like the C spelling much.
How many have you (roughly) met in your life? How many of them actually went by their full name? What was the most common nickname you heard for it?
About 4, but again, I know a lot of Katies and not their spellings. The Kathryn's both went by Kathryn, Catherine switched between Katie and Kitty, and Katharine switched between Katharine and Kate.
How does Kathryn look to you? I'm asking this specifically because for the first time in years (well actually for the first time ever) this spelling looks at least a bit appealing to me. I used to think it looked horribly misspelled.
Fine. I met Kathryn and Catherine "Kitty" at the same time, and back then (I was 7 or so), I thought Kathryn was the right way to spell KATH-rin, and Catherine was pronounced CATH-reen (since she was never called by her full name).
Would you call a daughter named Katherine by her full name? I think it's very appealing in its full version and have never met a Katherine who went by her full name all of the time so I think it might even be refreshing.
Yup.
Then I'd like to know if you think it will sound dated (classic dated) in a few years? For the first time since popularity charts have been used there's only one spelling of it in the top 100 and even Katherine is falling rather quickly. I know it will never sound really dated but I wonder if it'll go the way Mary has gone.
I wouldn't call Mary a dated name now, and I somehow doubt it ever will be (think about it---dated to WHEN? It has been around so long, you can't date it to one time.) Katherine I think of in the same way. It will never be dated, no matter how much it falls under the trendies
Which spelling have you encountered most often? If someone told you her name was Katherine what would be your first intention to spell it? (assuming you didn't know how it was spelled and couldn't ask her).
Kathryn is what I would have encountered the most, but I would automatically spell it Katherine, the same way I expect people to spell my name RACHEL the first time; because it's the most common spelling.
Do the spellings of the name conjure up different images of different people? For example is a Catherine a bit older than a Kathryn? Or would a Katherine come from a better social background than a Katharine? Is Kathryn a tomboy and Catharine a girly girl? Just tell me what first comes to mind.
Only vaguely. Catherine is a bit stuffy imo. But since they're all so classic sounding, I wouldn't put tomboy and girly girl labels on them. All the Katherine's I have met (regardless of spelling) have all been lovers of literature and words though-- reading or writing, so I sort of expect that, a little.
What is your preferred spelling? Is there a spelling you don't like at all?
Katherine or Katharine, I guess. I don't like the C spelling much.
How many have you (roughly) met in your life? How many of them actually went by their full name? What was the most common nickname you heard for it?
About 4, but again, I know a lot of Katies and not their spellings. The Kathryn's both went by Kathryn, Catherine switched between Katie and Kitty, and Katharine switched between Katharine and Kate.
How does Kathryn look to you? I'm asking this specifically because for the first time in years (well actually for the first time ever) this spelling looks at least a bit appealing to me. I used to think it looked horribly misspelled.
Fine. I met Kathryn and Catherine "Kitty" at the same time, and back then (I was 7 or so), I thought Kathryn was the right way to spell KATH-rin, and Catherine was pronounced CATH-reen (since she was never called by her full name).
Would you call a daughter named Katherine by her full name? I think it's very appealing in its full version and have never met a Katherine who went by her full name all of the time so I think it might even be refreshing.
Yup.
Then I'd like to know if you think it will sound dated (classic dated) in a few years? For the first time since popularity charts have been used there's only one spelling of it in the top 100 and even Katherine is falling rather quickly. I know it will never sound really dated but I wonder if it'll go the way Mary has gone.
I wouldn't call Mary a dated name now, and I somehow doubt it ever will be (think about it---dated to WHEN? It has been around so long, you can't date it to one time.) Katherine I think of in the same way. It will never be dated, no matter how much it falls under the trendies
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