(This is all hypothetical, as we are not yet TTC again, though we will probably start in the next year.)
I’ve been trying to think of ways that I could possibly honor my mother, whose given name is [name_f]Kathy[/name_f]. Obviously, for a girl, it’s easy - just use [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] or a variant.
For a boy, though, it’s tricky. There isn’t a male form of C/[name_f]Katherine[/name_f] in English. The only things I’ve come up with:
[name_f]Catalin[/name_f] - Behind The Name says this is the masculine form of [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] in Romania, but is it too feminine for a child in the U.S.?
[name_m]Cato[/name_m] - Too Hunger Games/too [name_u]Kato[/name_u] [name_u]Kaelin[/name_u]?
[name_m]Cathal[/name_m] - Nightmare to pronounce in the U.S.?
[name_f]Cathay[/name_f] - I think it’s cool, and it’s a place-name so it’s theoretically unisex, but again, too feminine/too weird?
Are any of these at all usable for a boy? Any other ideas for honoring, Berries?
Another option is to use a name with the same meaning. Since [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] means “pure,” I searched for boys’ names that mean pure. There are seven (you can search and see) but they all sound rather foreign.
Interestingly, there are FIFTY girls’ names that mean pure. Hmm…
I’ve always thought [name_m]Theron[/name_m] would be be a good way to honor a [name_f]Katherine[/name_f]/[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] but maybe there’s not enough of a connection with just [name_f]Kathy[/name_f].
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m] (-thy in [name_f]Kathy[/name_f]) – Maybe something like [name_m]Carl[/name_m] [name_m]Timothy[/name_m] / [name_m]Karl[/name_m] [name_m]Timothy[/name_m] would get the “[name_f]Kathy[/name_f]” sentiment.
You could give your son your mother’s first and middle initials. Some ‘K’ names I like–[name_m]Kelvin[/name_m], [name_u]Kendall[/name_u], [name_m]Kendrick[/name_m], [name_m]Keith[/name_m], Khan, [name_m]Kevin[/name_m], Keltii, [name_m]Khalil[/name_m].
