Katherine. Go on, what's wrong with Katherine that my parents are so 'meh'??

[CaptainKarvol]

It's not a bad name is it?

They were pretty negative about DS's name too. They are usually great parents, but they just weem to be incapable of being nice about the names I give my children. Is it so bloody hard to say 'that's nice' and bloody well smile???

Rant.

I prefer it with a C myself, but it's a lovely name.

We were considering it for a girl as it was my great grandmother's name, but there was something stopping us, I think. It's pretty and there's lots of ways to shorten it, but in the end we wanted something a bit more unusual. Plus, we're having a boy. Plus, my brother just named his daughter Kaitlyn and we felt it was too close.

Good luck!

Perfectly good name.
There is nothing wrong with it.

Katherine is a great name with a lot of different options if wanted in the future. I would stop discussing it with them. My parents are nice about every name we think about - I know they do it so that they get to be "in on" the name discussions, which I think is sweet, though sometimes might be helpful for them to have a bit of an opinion.

Well they obviously have no taste My dd1 has this name but spelt Katharyn. I think it's a lovely name and has lots of ways it can be shortened if you want it to be. At the end of the day, it's your choice and if they don't like it, well, they'll just have to lump it

It's my dd's middle name spelled Katharine.

It was going to be her first name, shortened to Kate or Katie, but we changed our minds when she was born as - with our surname - it sounds a bit wishy-washy (no other way to describe it).

Tbh, I prefer it shortened.

Are your parents expecting your dcs to be named after them by any chance?

Katherine is beautiful -I love it

I quite like it. Makes a change imo.

My mum's friend Katherine was always called Kay. her dd called her dd Katherine though. Not mad about Kate mind you but Kay or Katya or Katherine all nice.

Marla, I wanted dd1 to shorten her name to that but it never happened - I LOVE Kitty!

Its a lovely name and agree with others that kitty is a fab nn.

oh yes, Kitty is adorable !!

prefer it with a "c" but its a nice name either way.

It was on my short list if ds had turn out to be a dd. I like it with the K.

What is nice about it is that there are so many different ways to shorten it - so you can choose whichever one matches best.

I love it, its my DD's middle name.

I love it. I would have considered it for a girl but it's my sister's name. She's always been Katy though so I never think of her as a Katherine.

It's a lovely name. I've always liked it. I prefer it with a K too.

I'd use it for a DD if it wasn't the name of DH's long lost sister who no one ever mentions.

My dd's nickname is "KitKat", which her wee sister came up with! She loves it and so do we! [She's just as delicious as the chocolate too!]

Oh and just to add i like the following spelling 'kathryn'

I like it but I would shorten it.

It's a cool name.

I like it, but it should be Catherine

Great name!
Makes me wonder, what names do your parents like?

It's a lovely traditional name with so many possible shortenings that you and she can pick the one that most suits her.

My sister is Catherine, known as Cas

There's nothing wrong with it!
I like it shortened to Katie for a little girl but Kitty is sweet too.

Kitty/Katie/Cat/Kat/Kit-Kit

Fantastic name, I may change mine.