Cathy (given name)

For the comic strip, see Cathy.

For the TV special, see Cathy (TV special).

Cathy

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

Artists

• Cathy de Monchaux, British sculptor
• Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy
• Cathy Sisler, American artist
• Cathy Wilcox, Australian cartoonist and children‘s book illustrator

In sports

• Cathy Baker, New Zealand field hockey player
• Cathy Chedal, French alpine skier
• 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, daughter of actor/comedian Phil Silvers
• Cathy Tyson, British actress
• Cathy Weseluck, Canadian voice actress

In music

• Cathy Berberian, American mezzosoprano and composer
• Cathy Davey, Irish singer/songwriter
• Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, musical partners

In other fields

• Cathy Barriga, Chilean politician
• Cathy Cassidy, British author and illustrator
• Cathy Crowe, Canadian nurse and social activist
• Cathy Hackl, Costa Rican-American author
• Cathy Mason, Northern Irish politician
• Cathy Peattie, Scottish politician
• Cathy Priest, Canadian bodybuilder and figure competitor
• Cathy Wood, American serial killer

Fictional characters

• 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

• 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

1. "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Cathy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2009-02-10.