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Natalie vs Catherine - What's the difference?

natalie | catherine |

As proper nouns the difference between natalie and catherine

is that natalie is , cognate to natalie while catherine is .

natalie

English

Alternative forms

* Nathalie

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1860 Emma V. Hallett, Natalie: A Gem Among the Sea-weeds , W. F. Draper, 1860, page 264:
  • - - - often I have listened to my dear brother, as he told me the pretty story of the sad gentleman whom he met, when I was but an infant, and how he spoke to me so tenderly, and sighed for his own Natalie'. I had no other name then but Sea-flower, and I have been called by that name ever since; yet after that day, my Christian name was ' Natalie .
  • * 1964 , The Arts in the Classroom , The John Day Company, page 129:
  • I was ashamed of my very name, Natalie'. Nobody else in town had the name '''Natalie'''. I wanted to have a name like Frances or Elizabeth, as two of the most popular little girls were named. When old ladies at church would say to me kindly enough,"What's your name, little girl?" I would answer "' Natalie ," and they would say, "Madaline, Mattie, what did you say?"
  • * 1998 , Plays 1 , Methuen Drama 1998, ISBN 0413723801, page 133:
  • ELSTON. Natalie is a beautiful name.
    NATALIE. Well, yes. It is. Thank you.
    ELSTON. A real spy name. My wife Natasha has a spy name and I'm forever telling her...

    catherine

    Alternative forms

    * Catharine * Katharine * Katherine * Kathryn * (rare nonstandard spellings) Catheryn, Cathryn, Katheryn

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 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
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  • It was named Catherine', but he never called it the name in full, as he had never called the first ' Catherine short, probably because Heathcliff had a habit of doing so. The little one was always Cathy, it formed to him a distinction from the mother, and yet, a connection with her;
  • * 1981 Carole Gift Page, Carrie , Bethany House Publishers (1994), ISBN 155661523X, page 55:
  • "Is that your given name?" "Not exactly. My father named me Catherine', and my mother nicknamed me Carrie. Nobody calls me '''Catherine'''." "Oh, but you're much more a '''Catherine''' than a Carrie," observed Peter seriously. "Carrie is simple and mundane; ' Catherine is complex and beautiful."
  • * 2003 Michael O. Gregory: The Dead Years : page 35:
  • "Yes, Catherine' sounds like a lovely name. I like it. My new name will be '''Catherine'''." She rolled the name ' Catherine silently again. The name had character a noble ring to it she really liked it.

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