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The oldest known pet name for girls named Catherine or Kathleen sometimes used as a name in its own right. Variant of Katherine. Pure. Pure, clear. Form of the Latin Katharina, from the Greek Aikaterina. 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.