Kathleen

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/ˈkæθˌlin/

proper noun

A female given name from Irish.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Cathleen · alternative Kathlyn

  1. A female given name from Irish.

    Kathleen mavourneen! the gray dawn is breaking, The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill, The lark from her light wing the bright dew is shaking, Kathleen mavourneen, what slumbering still?

    1837, Marion Crawford - Frederick Nicholls Crouch, Kathleen Mavourneen (a song)
  2. An unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada.
  3. An unincorporated community in Georgia, United States.
  4. A census-designated place in Florida, United States; named for early settler Catherine Prine.
  5. A ghost town in Western Australia, Australia.

Origin

Anglicization of Caitlín, an Irish equivalent of the English Catherine.

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Cite this entry
APA

Kathleen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kathleen

MLA

“Kathleen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kathleen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kathleen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kathleen.

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