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Kathleen (given name)

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Gender
  
Female

Meaning
  
Pure

Word/name
  
Ireland

Related names
  
Cathleen Caitlin

Kathleen is a given name, used in English and Irish-language communities. Sometimes spelled Cathleen, it is an Anglicized form of Caitlín, the Irish form of Cateline, which was the Old French form of Catherine. It ultimately derives from the Greek name Aikaterine, the meaning of which is highly debated (see Katherine).

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Literature

  • Kathleen Raine, British poet
  • Kathleen Winsor, American author
  • The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics, the second poetry collection of William Butler Yeats
  • Joanne Kathleen (J.K.) Rowling, British author

    • Military

  • Kathleen Best, director of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps
  • Kathleen Soliah, member of the Symbionese Liberation Army

    • Music

  • Kathleen Sergerie, Québécoise pop singer
  • Kathleen Battle, American soprano
  • Kathleen Edwards, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • Kathleen Emperatriz DeLuna, Dominican-American R&B singer
  • Kathleen Ferrier, British contralto, after whom the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Award is named
  • Kathleen Hanna, American musician

    • Peeresses

  • Kathleen Pelham-Clinton, Duchess of Newcastle, dog breeder
  • Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, the second daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and a sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
  • Kathleen Simon, Viscountess Simon, abolitionist
  • Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British peer

    • Politics

  • Kathleen Blanco, former Governor of Louisiana
  • Kathleen Brown, Californian politician
  • Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
  • Kathleen Lynch (politician), Irish politician
  • Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture of the United States
  • Kathleen Ollerenshaw, British mathematician and politician
  • Kathleen O'Meara, Irish politician
  • Kathleen Sebelius, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, former Governor of Kansas
  • Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario

    • Science

  • Kathleen Hall Jamieson, American professor of communications
  • Kathleen Kenyon, British archaeologist
  • Kathleen Lonsdale, British crystallographer
  • Kathleen I. Pritchard, head of oncology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto

    • Sports

  • Kathleen Smet, Belgian triathlete
  • Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy, Australian wheelchair basketball player
  • Katie Ledecky (born Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky), American swimmer

    • Television and film

  • Kathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates, American actress
  • Kathleen Freeman, American character actress
  • Kathleen Harrison, British character actress
  • Kathleen Kennedy, movie producer
  • Kathleen Noone, American soap opera actress
  • Kathleen Quinlan, American actress
  • Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress
  • Kathleen Turner, American film actress, director, and producer
  • Kathy Griffin (born Kathleen Mary Griffin), American comedian, actress, and television personality
  • Kate Walsh (born Kathleen Erin Walsh), American actress

    • Other

  • Kathleen O'Toole, police commissioner of Boston, Massachusetts
  • Hurricane Kathleen, Californian tropical cyclone

    • References

    Kathleen (given name) Wikipedia
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