Cathy (given name)
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Other names | |
| Related names | Catherine, Katherine, Cathryn, Kathryn, Kathie, Kathi, Cathie |
Cathy is a feminine given name. It is a pet form of Catherine or Cathleen.[1]
Cathy may refer to:
People
[edit]Artists
[edit]- Cathy de Monchaux, British sculptor
- Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy in 1976
- Cathy Sisler, American artist
- Cathy Wilcox, Australian cartoonist and children‘s book illustrator
In sports
[edit]- Cathy Baker, New Zealand field hockey player
- Cathy Freeman, Australian track and field athlete
- Cathy Gauthier, Canadian curler and broadcaster
- Cathy O'Brien, American long-distance runner
- Cathy Rattray-Williams, Jamaican sprinter
- Cathy Rigby, American gymnast and actress
- Cathy Sulinski, American javelin thrower
- Cathy Townsend (born 1937), Canadian ten-pin bowler
In acting
[edit]- Cathy Cavadini, American voice actress
- Cathy Downs, American film actress
- Cathy Jones, Canadian actress and comedian
- Cathy Keenan, Canadian actress
- Cathy O'Donnell, American actress
- Cathy Podewell, American actress
- Cathy Rigby, American actress and gymnast
- Cathy Silvers, the daughter of actor/comedian Phil Silvers
- Cathy Tyson, British actress
- Cathy Weseluck, Canadian voice actress
In music
[edit]- Cathy Berberian, American mezzosoprano and composer; first wife of Luciano Berio
- Cathy Davey, Irish singer/songwriter
- Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, musical partners
In other fields
[edit]- Cathy Barriga, Chilean politician
- Cathy Cassidy, British author and illustrator
- Cathy Crowe, Canadian nurse and social activist
- Cathy Mason, Northern Irish politician
- Cathy Peattie, Scottish Labour politician
- Cathy Priest, Canadian professional bodybuilder and figure competitor
- Cathy Wood, American serial killer
Fictional characters
[edit]- Cathy Ames, the main antagonist from East of Eden
- Cathy Brenner, a character in Alfred Hitchcock's film The birds, played by Veronica Cartwright
- the title character of Cathy (comic strip)
- Cathy Lane, on The Patty Duke Show, played by Patty Duke
- Cathy Linton, from Wuthering Heights
- Cathy Matthews, from the British soap opera Coronation Street
- Cathy Simms, fictional character in The Office
- Cathy, fictional character in Palibhasa Lalake portrayed by Carmina Villarroel.
- Cathy Smith, a fictional character from the animated science fiction series, Monster Buster Club.
See also
[edit]- Cathee Dahmen (1945–1997), American model
- Catherina
- S. Truett Cathy (1921–2014), American businessman, investor, author, and philanthropist, founder of the fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A
- Bubba Cathy (born c. 1954), American billionaire businessman, son of the above
- Kathy, feminine given name
References
[edit]- ^ "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Cathy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
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