Cathy (given name)

CathyGender| Female

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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

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### Artists

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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

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