- Girl
- 4 letters
Kath is a girl’s name of English, French, Irish and Latin origin. Meaning in English: diminutive of Catherine or Kathleen. Meaning in French: Pure, clear. Form of the Latin Katharina, from the Greek Aikaterina. Meaning in Irish: Pure. Clear. From the Gaelic form Caitlin. Meaning in Latin: Pure, clear. Form of the Latin ‘Katharina’, from the Greek Aikaterina’. It was borne by a number of saints, including St Catherine of Alexandria, a 4th century martyr who suffered torture on a spiked wheel. Kath is a short form of Catherine and short form of Katherine. The name has 4 letters.
Related names
Kateline
GirlEnglish
Medieval English form of the Irish Caitlin. Pure.
Katelinn
UnisexEnglish
Medieval English form of the Irish Caitlin. 'Pure'.
Katelyn
GirlEnglish Greek
Phonetic form of Caitlin – the Irish form of Katherine. Pure. Pure.
Katelynn
GirlEnglish
Medieval English form of the Irish Caitlin. Pure.
Katharine
GirlGreek Latin Literary
Pure. Form of the Latin 'Katharina', from the Greek Aikaterina'. American actress Katharine Hepburn was born in 1909. A literary name from Shakespeare's King Henry the Eighth, where it belongs to queen Katharine, wife to King Henry, afterwards divorced. 'Love's Labours Lost' A lady attending on the Princess of France.
Katherina
GirlEnglish Russian Literary
Pure. A literary name from Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, where it belongs to the shrew, and daughter to Baptista.
Katherine
GirlEnglish Greek Irish Latin Literary
Pure. Used since third century A. D. Early Latin forms Katerina and Caterina became Katharine and Catherine. French Cateline and English Catlyn came into wider use during medieval period when variants multiplied. Form of the Greek Catherine meaning pure. Pure. Clear. From the Gaelic form Caitlin. Pure, clear. Form of the Latin 'Katharina', from the Greek Aikaterina'. It was borne by a number of saints, including St Catherine of Alexandria, a 4th century martyr who suffered torture on a spiked wheel. A literary name from Shakespeare's King Henry V, where it belongs to daughter to Charles and Isabel, King and Queen of France.
Katheryn
GirlEnglish
Pure.
