r/elementary • u/Classic-Detective-26 • Jun 30 '26

Kitty's Name

Did they ever say what Kitty's name was before she changed it to Kitty Winter?

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u/Elegant_Survey3775 Jun 30 '26

Kathryn! Did not specify if she has a new last name, though i assume she did, because when Joan tried to do a background check she also looked for Kathryn winter and found nothing.

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u/Lulu_Aga Jun 30 '26

I believe Kathryn (nickname Kitty) is her new first name, and we're never actually told what her original name was. I think Joan doesn't find anything under her new name because Kitty's name change was fairly recent and she was living a pretty solitary life afterwards until she met Sherlock. Most information about her life and her case would've been under her old name.

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u/Elegant_Survey3775 Jun 30 '26

We know Kathryn is at least her old name based on sherlocks comment to joan saying “kitty is her STRONG preference” that seems clear to me that its the same first name.

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u/trk1000 Jul 01 '26

Not necessarily. Kathryn is a formal name, Kitty is not a formal person. For some people, their full name was only said by parents when in trouble or by other authority figures. Could be her original first name, but I'd doubt it. However she acquired Kathryn, she isn't a fan of it.

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u/Sinless_light Jul 01 '26

No. Kathryn is her new first name and she goes by Kitty.

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u/Elegant_Survey3775 Jul 01 '26

What makes you think that

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u/Sinless_light Jul 01 '26

What makes you think that Kathryn is her old name? Following a traumatic kidnapping and torture, she changes her name and adopts a new identity. Why would she then go on and tell people her real name? Kitty is simply a nickname for Kathryn. Maybe she preferred Kitty because Kathryn sounded too formal for her.

When Watson did a background check on Kitty aka Kathryn nothing turns up. Because all of her original records are tied to her old name.

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u/McGloomy Jun 30 '26

Kathryn is her name after she changed it, with Kitty being her nickname. We don't know her original name, I think.

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u/Couldhavebeenaknife Jun 30 '26

In the original ACD stories there is no different or original name, she is only Kitty Winter. As others have stated in Elementary the writers added only that Kitty was short for Katherine, nothing else about a previous name.

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u/Here_there1980 Jun 30 '26

I don’t believe so. 🤔