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HelpRe: Catherine, Katherine and Kathryn (more)
in reply to a message by Perrine
They probably continue to fall but never fall off completely. People want to be more 'unique' in naming and everybody knows a Catherine/Katherine/Kathryn/etc so people avoid it. (Personally I think Mary leaving the top 100 in 2009 was more significant than Katherine leaving).
K spellings are red, C spellings are sky blue to me. I like Katherine best, then Kathryn, I think.
As a child, I knew a Kathryn and a Catherine "Katie" (whose full name I never heard out loud) and I assumed Kathryn was pronounced Kath-rin and Catherine/Katherine would be pronounced Kath-reen. It took a long time for me to understand that they were the same, and I think that is part of the reason I prefer Kathryn over some other spellings.
The above mentioned Catherine "Katie" decided to go by Kitty in high school. She switched back in college but apparently I have a one nickname change limit, because I can't stop calling her Kitty. I like Kitty better as a nickname anyway, Katie is so generic. Kit is cute too. I also like Kath / Cath, but weirdly, not Kathy/Cathy.
A former co-worker named her now-1-year-old Catherine and she calls her by her full name. I don't think it automatically requires a nickname, it's only two syllables.
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Pax Corryn Silver
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K spellings are red, C spellings are sky blue to me. I like Katherine best, then Kathryn, I think.
As a child, I knew a Kathryn and a Catherine "Katie" (whose full name I never heard out loud) and I assumed Kathryn was pronounced Kath-rin and Catherine/Katherine would be pronounced Kath-reen. It took a long time for me to understand that they were the same, and I think that is part of the reason I prefer Kathryn over some other spellings.
The above mentioned Catherine "Katie" decided to go by Kitty in high school. She switched back in college but apparently I have a one nickname change limit, because I can't stop calling her Kitty. I like Kitty better as a nickname anyway, Katie is so generic. Kit is cute too. I also like Kath / Cath, but weirdly, not Kathy/Cathy.
A former co-worker named her now-1-year-old Catherine and she calls her by her full name. I don't think it automatically requires a nickname, it's only two syllables.
Pax Corryn Silver
www.behindthename.com/pnl/59411
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