Katheryn

Where Katheryn comes from

The dictionaries list Katheryn as a given name — a female given name from Ancient Greek, a rare nonstandard spelling variant of Catherine — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
Along the way
  1. 1534
    Katheryn of Berain born
    Welsh noblewoman, called "Mam Cymru" ("Mother of Wales")
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #679 among girls — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1881
    Peak, #418
    16 babies named Katheryn — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1977
    Katheryn Winnick born
    Canadian film and television actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, a rare nonstandard spelling variant of Catherine.
Namesakes
  • Katheryn Winnick · Canadian film and television actress, born 1977
  • Katheryn of Berain · Welsh noblewoman, called "Mam Cymru" ("Mother of Wales"), 1534–1591
  • Katheryn Curi · American racing cyclist, born 1974
  • Katheryn Meaklim · South African swimmer, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.