Cursive Names

Catherine in Cursive

The name Catherine in cursive: stroke-by-stroke animation, letter joins, a trace check, and a free printable worksheet.

Catherine starts with the capital C, which opens on a downward slide, and the whole word takes 3 strokes with 2 pencil lifts. Watch it drawn stroke by stroke below, trace it on the lines, and print the free Catherine worksheet when you're ready for pencil and paper.

Catherine written in cursive on handwriting guidelines, with a green starting dot and a red stop sign

How to write Catherine in cursive

  1. 1Keep the pencil down through C-a-t-h-e-r-i-n-e, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.
  2. 2Last, return to dot the i and cross the t — always after the body of the word is done.
Strokes: 3Pencil lifts: 2Letters: 9

The capital C fills the space between the baseline and the topline. t and h are tall letters that reach toward the topline. a, e, r, i, and n stay between the baseline and the midline.

How the letters in Catherine connect

All 8 of the joins in Catherine leave the letter on an undercurve.

The letters in Catherine

Every letter guide below teaches the letter the same way Scribble teaches it in the app — stroke order, joins, a letter check, and a printable worksheet.

Trace Catherine in cursive

Trace it the way children do in the app: start on the green circle and pull it along every stroke without straying off the word.

Put your finger or mouse on the circle and pull it through the first stroke.

Free printable Catherine cursive worksheet

Take Catherine to pencil and paper — the free printable worksheet has dashed models to trace, green starting dots for guided writing, a model to copy, and open writing lines to finish.

Need a different name? Make your own name tracing worksheet — free, for any spelling.

Frequently asked questions

Watch it drawn first, then trace it: Catherine is 3 strokes with 2 pencil lifts, so learn where each stroke begins before writing freely. The worksheet on this page follows that exact trace-copy-practice order.

The pencil lifts 2 times: to dot the i and to cross the t.

Catherine uses 9 letters (8 different ones): c, a, t, h, e, r, i, and n. The capital C fills the space between the baseline and the topline. t and h are tall letters that reach toward the topline. a, e, r, i, and n stay between the baseline and the midline.

All 8 of the joins in Catherine leave the letter on an undercurve.

Catherine starts with the capital C, which opens on a downward slide. Start there every time — the entry stroke is what the trace check on this page listens for first.

Practice writing Catherine with real feedback

Scribble teaches cursive this same way on iPad — watch, trace, write, and get feedback on shape, size, spacing, and slant.

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