Catherine

Etymology
From, from , , of debated meaning, possibly from , or from the name of the goddess Hecate. The of the first syllable as well as the spelling with ⟨th⟩ in Latin languages, German and English, is due to a folk etymology, dating from Roman times, which associated the name with the Ancient Greek. The name belonged to a 4th-century saint and martyr from Alexandria who was supposedly tortured on the wheel from where the term Catherine wheel originates.

Proper noun

 * 1) * 1763 Voltaire and Catherine the Great: Selected Correspondence. Voltaire, Catherine, Antony Lentin.(Translation from French.)Publ. Oriental Research Partners,1973:
 * - - - 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
 * - - - 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

Translations

 * Arabic: كَاتْرِين
 * Armenian: Կատարինէ
 * Basque: Katalina
 * Belarusian: Кацяры́на
 * Breton: Katelin
 * Bulgarian: Катери́на
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Katharina
 * Dutch: Catharijne
 * Esperanto: Katarino
 * Estonian: Katariina, Kadri
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Middle French: Katherine
 * Galician:, Catuxa
 * Georgian: ეკატერინე
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: Αἰκατερῑ́νη
 * Greenlandic: Kaalat, Kaarat, Kattaliit
 * Hawaiian: Kakalina
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: Caitríona
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: キャサリン, カトリーヌ
 * Korean: ^캐서린
 * Latin: Catalina, Catherina
 * Latvian: Katrīna
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maltese: Katarina, Katerina
 * Maori: Kātarina, Kataraina
 * Northern Sami: Káre
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: Catarina
 * Persian:
 * Picard: Cat'leine
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Cătălina
 * Russian:, ,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: Caitrìona
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Катарина, Екатерина
 * Roman:, Ekaterina
 * Sicilian: Catarina
 * Slovak: Katarína
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: Катери́на
 * Vietnamese: Catarina
 * Welsh: Catrin

Etymology
From, from , from ,.