Katherine

American  

[kath-er-in, kath-rin] / ˈkæθ ər ɪn, ˈkæθ rɪn /

Also Katharine,

noun

1. a female given name: from the Greek word meaning “pure.”

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Example Sentences

Trade Representative Katherine Tai advocates an “out of the box” trade approach amid U.S.-China rivalry and AI.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

Katherine Sayre provided a prompt: “Punk-infused Honky-tonk country shuffle beat with a dog in the lyric.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

That means he joins Picture Parlour's Katherine Parlour at the bottom of the guest leaderboard, on 10 points.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

“We acted like we know all these answers, but actually we don’t,” said Katherine Flegal, a former scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who has studied BMI for 30 years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Then Katherine complained, “That’s a stupid comparison. A nuclear explosion in Kansas City would kill all the stolen babies, too.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix