Catherine or Kathryn?

[kardacheyenne]

Pros and cons? Is one harder to spell? Is it harder for a Catherine to be Katie? What about Katharine or Katherine or Cathryn even?

I'm biased - I'm Katherine - obviously think it's by far the best!!

I think it's the most obvious spelling, once I've confirmed it's with a K everyone knows how to spell it!!

Got to go again@PrincessesRUs her (sorry!) but I'm a Katharine and my DM always said when she was choosing the spelling she went with the rule K with 2 a's C with 2 e's. But I also think the non traditional spellings with y look pretty.

Against not again, sorry.

We decided for our dd that we would spell it the same as Katharine Hepburn.

I like Catherine personally. I don’t like Kathryn. Weird really as they’re pronounced the same!

How are they pronounced the same? One has three syllables, the other has two.

I would go with Katherine or Catherine.

The Duchess of Cambridge is a Catherine with a C and known as Kate.

I like Catherine. Don't know why, just do.

I love this name, I really think it's beautiful. My preference is Katherine.

I'm Kathryn and it's lovely but you ALWAYS have to tell people how to spell it, and when I say "Kathryn with a K and Y" they quite often don't get it. That said I prefer it to Catherine 😂

I prefer Catherine or Katherine rather than Kathryn

how are you intending on pronouncing it cath-er-in or kath-ryn?

We went Katherine. Same as Katherine of Aragon was my thought process!!

Katharine is the best. Then
Katherine
Catherine
Kathryn
Cathryn

My mum is a Catherine and wishes she was nicknamed Cate with a C like Cate Blanchett (she is a Cath)

I like Katharine best, then Catherine. I'm not keen on Kathryn.

Katherine or Catherine
not Kathryn or Cathryn

Katherine - but if you're going to shorten it I prefer Cate from Catherine.

I think Kathryn is the most common Scottish spelling?

I like Catherine most and Kathryn least.

I pronounce Catherine (or Katharine/Katherine) with 3 syllables, although the middle syllable isn't very long, but Kathryn with 2 syllables.

Katharine if shortening to Kate.
Catherine otherwise

I know/knew a Catherine, Catherine (always called Cathy), a Kathy (just Kathy - not short for anything), 2 × Kathryn.
I will always be biased towards Catherine because that's a family member 😂.

Depends if you want to shorten it. We always planned to shorten to Kate / Katie so it made sense to us to use a K. We preferred Katie to Katy so Katherine / Katharine made more sense than Kathryn. I then googled and discovered that Katherine was far more popular than Katharine so I went with it.

I always have loved Catherine. It's my daughter's name. She is now Cathy from her senior school days when there was a Catherine, Katherine Kathryn and another I forget so they all had to individualise the name. My parents and my brother call her Catherine. Everyone else Cathy.

Catherine can be Cate or Catie as easily as Cath, Cathy or Cathie.

Her choice 😊