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Kathy
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English
Alternative forms
en Cathi Cathie Cathy
en Kathi Kathie
Etymology
en :af Kath -y<id:diminutive> + 1
Proper noun
en female Katherine,Kathleen also used as a formal given name.
en 1991 Margaret Atwood Wilderness Tips 0385421060 36 During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail.
Tagalog
Alternative forms
tl Cathi Cathie Cathy
tl Kathi Kathie
Etymology
tl :bor en:Kathy + 1
Pronunciation
Kati
Proper noun
kati
tl female English Katherine,Kathleen also used as a formal given name.