Cathy (given name) explained

Cathy
Gender:	Female
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

Artists

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Cathy Ames, the main antagonist from East of Eden
• 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

• 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), American billionaire businessman, son of the above
• Kathy, feminine given name

Notes and References

1. Web site: MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Cathy . 2009-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090909113351/http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/c/origin-and-meaning-of-cathy.htm . 2009-09-09 . dead .