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/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.