Details for the forename Caitrìona

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Caitrìona (female)


Variants:	Catraoine (F) Catriona (F) Katherine (F)
Diminutive(s):	Cáit (F) Ríona (F) Tríona (F)
Pet Name(s):	Ceilteag (F)
Derivative(s):	Caitir (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Scottish and Irish Gaelic form of Katherine and its variants Katharine/Catherine/Catharine, from Greek "pure", Anglicized as Catriona. The Irish form has a stress: Caitríona. Ríona has recently been adopted as a diminutive for Caitrìona/Catriona.