How do you spell Katherine?

totallybonkers

I'm a Katherine shortened to a Katy.

Bella73

Personally I would choose Catherine.

cazziebo

My DD is Katherine - and I wanted her to be called Kate. She just got the name Katie until she was going from nursery and the nursery teacher asked her if she was going to change to a "big girl's name" so she became Katherine. She's now universally known as Kat to everyone but me and her sister.

Person_one

cazziebo wrote: »

My DD is Katherine - and I wanted her to be called Kate. She just got the name Katie until she was going from nursery and the nursery teacher asked her if she was going to change to a "big girl's name" so she became Katherine. She's now universally known as Kat to everyone but me and her sister.

I have to ask, if you wanted her to be called Kate, why didn't you just call her Kate? It's not a very 'babyish' sounding name, and there's always Katie or Kat for nicknames.

jemb

All that you listed are the same name. Just the same as Amy, Aimee, Aymee, Aimey, Amee ,Amie ,Aimie ,Aime, Ami ,Aimi,Aymi,
Amiy?

Carl31

It always makes me wonder when you see some names spelt differently, if the parents were trying to be quirky, genuinely believed that was the spelling, or just couldnt spell

I know a 'Michelle', but her name is 'Michele', im pretty sure that was a spelling mistake

also, 'Aoife' (Eefer), what happened there?

balletshoes

SmlSave wrote: »

Catherine, Catharine, Catherin, Cathryn, Katharine, Katharyn, Katheryn, Katheryne, Kathryn

Me and DH are arguing

whichever way you want to spell it - its totally not worth arguing about.

daisiegg

Carl31 wrote: »

It always makes me wonder when you see some names spelt differently, if the parents were trying to be quirky, genuinely believed that was the spelling, or just couldnt spell

I know a 'Michelle', but her name is 'Michele', im pretty sure that was a spelling mistake

also, 'Aoife' (Eefer), what happened there?

Er, nothing 'happened there' - Aoife is the correct spelling of a common Irish name, and Michele is a French spelling.

paulineb_2

jemb wrote: »

All that you listed are the same name. Just the same as Amy, Aimee, Aymee, Aimey, Amee ,Amie ,Aimie ,Aime, Ami ,Aimi,Aymi,
Amiy?

Ive only ever seen the name spelled Amy or Aimee. Im sure there are many other ways but I wonder why people have to spell something quite differently particularly when the original version is an easy to spell name. Its going to be the child who spends their life correcting people when they get the spelling wrong.

balletshoes

paulineb wrote: »

Ive only ever seen the name spelled Amy or Aimee. Im sure there are many other ways but I wonder why people have to spell something quite differently particularly when the original version is an easy to spell name. Its going to be the child who spends their life correcting people when they get the spelling wrong.

which in the grand scheme of things, is really no big deal .