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HelpMasculine form of Catherine?
What do you think works as a male form or male version of Catherine / Katherine?
This isn't an etymological question, more of a "what works in your opinion as a male alternative to Catherine"?
This isn't an etymological question, more of a "what works in your opinion as a male alternative to Catherine"?
This message was edited 11/5/2023, 12:52 AM
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Charles
Christopher
Others?
Christopher
Others?
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I wouldn't count Charles (it doesn't resemble Catherine to me apart from being royalty and a saint, so I might as well say Edward, if that's what I'm going for). There's Constantine / Konstantin maybe, or Conrad, Cassian, Caspar might be a stretch, if they were widely popular, but they've not been really. Or any saint with a masculine C name like Camillus, Cosmas, Cyril, Claude, but those don't seem much like Catherine to me either.
So IMV that just leaves Christopher...in terms of vibe, diversity of forms/spellings, origin, intention, sharing a nickname, each of them having at least one very common nickname, and sound/rhythm. I'd still possibly pick Katriel / Katrell over it, but that's not like Catherine exactly, more like Catrinel / Katell.
So IMV that just leaves Christopher...in terms of vibe, diversity of forms/spellings, origin, intention, sharing a nickname, each of them having at least one very common nickname, and sound/rhythm. I'd still possibly pick Katriel / Katrell over it, but that's not like Catherine exactly, more like Catrinel / Katell.
This message was edited 11/6/2023, 1:42 PM
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Maybe I'm confused by your question. Do you mean like.... What are some males names starting in C or K that have "Catherine like" energy in terms of being classic, conservative, etc?
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Kit, except it's not an alternative to the full name really.
Is Katan a name? I feel like it is. Maybe that.
I think I like Katrell and Katriel best.
Is Katan a name? I feel like it is. Maybe that.
I think I like Katrell and Katriel best.
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I know it's not a correct version or whatever, but when I saw the heading I saw Therin
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Cather is the only one that might remotely work ...
Except it doesn't really. It's only even known because of a female author, Willa Cather, and also, more people than you'd ever want to believe say cather when they mean catheter.
Except it doesn't really. It's only even known because of a female author, Willa Cather, and also, more people than you'd ever want to believe say cather when they mean catheter.
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I'm not at all sure what you are aiming for; so I looked up the US popularity of Catherine in 1910 and 2010: 34th and 193rd respetively. And then I found the male equivalents: in 1910, Charlie was 34th and in 2010 Peter was 193rd. Perhaps that might interest you? Or help you to focus on what you are really looking for?
Eek! Should be respectively - sorry.
Eek! Should be respectively - sorry.
This message was edited 11/5/2023, 8:45 AM
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Rino? Though it’s usually a nickname for something else. No one’s actually named Caterino.
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Cato!
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There was a masculine form of Catherine used back in medieval France - Katherin.
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Maybe you can work from the Italian masculine forms, Caterino, Catterino, Catrino, Catalino, or Cattalino.
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I think etymology matters, because a "masculine form of Catherine" is synthetic - there is no real masculine form in use, so the obvious approach is to imitate other names with similar origin, that have masculine and feminine original forms. Katherine is Greek. So - Ekaterinos, maybe? Have to ask someone Greek how viable that is. But it looks masculine to me.
There are 2 submitted names that seem to me like they could suit: Catalino, and Catarinus. Latin-y rather than Greek.
I think Catalino works.
I don't like it very much though.
There are 2 submitted names that seem to me like they could suit: Catalino, and Catarinus. Latin-y rather than Greek.
I think Catalino works.
I don't like it very much though.
This message was edited 11/5/2023, 1:20 AM
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Cathrinus is a Latinized masculine version of the feminine name Katherine. The name originated from the Greek feminine name Αἰκατερίνα or Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterina, Aikaterinē), which is of unknown etymology. The earliest known use of the Greek name is in reference to one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. Cathrinus is a rare name.
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