Kathleen

Unisex
8 letters

English Greek Pure.

French Pure, clear. Form of the Latin Katharina, from the Greek Aikaterina.

Irish Pure. Clear. Innocent. From the Gaelic form Caitlin.

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.

Variant of Katherine

Variant of Catherine

Kathleen is a unisex name of English, French, Greek, Irish and Latin origin. Meaning in English and Greek: Pure. Meaning in French: Pure, clear. Form of the Latin Katharina, from the Greek Aikaterina. Meaning in Irish: Pure. Clear. Innocent. 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. Kathleen is a variant of Katherine and variant of Catherine. The name has 8 letters.

Related names

Kathelyn

Greek

Pure.

Katherina

English 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

English 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.