Comments for CATHY:

The nickname of the heroine from Emily Brontė's "Wuthering Heights", Catherine Earnshaw. I'm not especially attracted to this name or its other spellings ("Kathy", etc), but it's still pretty in its own way.

-- gaelruadh19  4/28/2005

Kathy/Cathy Selden is a character in the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain played by Debbie Reynolds.

-- pinkplasticfairy  3/11/2006

This could also be derived from Gaelic cath "warrior".

-- avalah  6/27/2006

There is a novelist named Cathy Kelly.

-- Anonymous User  11/28/2006

This is my mom's name and I think that it is for someone in the olden days.

-- bandcamp2009  4/24/2007

Catherine Earnshaw, selfish little creature that she was, still makes this name seem passionate and beautiful to me.

-- Anonymous User  5/30/2007

Cathy is the wife of Adam Trask in Steinbeck's East of Eden. She is one of the Cain characters, and is pure evil.

-- sweet-and-shy  12/8/2007

A famous bearer is American gymnast and stage actress Cathy Ribgy (born December 12, 1952). She was the first American woman to win a medal at the World Olympics in 1970, winning a silver medal for her performance on the balance beam. Her most well known acting credit was Peter Pan in "Peter Pan" in various tours, beginning in 1974. She received a Tony nomination for a 1990 revival. Other credits include "The Wizard of Oz", "Annie Get a Gun", and "Meet Me in St. Louis." She is also a public speaker for bulimia.

-- AndrewJKD  3/10/2008

Cathy is one of the characters in the musical 'The Last 5 Years'. She is a struggling actress who is married to a successful author.

-- i-heart-me  4/20/2008

Listen to the German pronunciation of Cathy here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html

-- _satu_  4/26/2008

Makes me think of, "the Cathy Cat, the Bombay Rat, and the Blue Kangaroo".

-- Akito  5/24/2008

The Fischer quintuplets are born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, the world's fourth surviving set of quints and the first in the United States. Jimmie, Cathy, Margie, Mary Ann and Maggie join five other siblings and are joined by a single baby sister, Cindy, born September 24, 1964.

-- Patricia Underwood  5/28/2008

The name Cathy belongs to quite a substantial amount of girls and women in Ireland because of its Christian properties. Therefore it is very useful for the usage of the name and is also very beautiful and makes me smile.

-- tattiecool  1/25/2009

This is my name but its short for Cathleen.

-- Anonymous User  10/25/2009

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