Kathleen Forename
672nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,208,806 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Kathleen Forename Definition:
The Irish form of Katherine. (-Leen is typically Irish.)
Read More About This ForenameKathleen Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 816,083 | 1:444 | 73 |
| England | 100% | 166,780 | 1:333 | 72 |
| Ireland | 100% | 40,955 | 1:113 | 15 |
| Canada | 100% | 32,012 | 1:1,035 | 232 |
| Philippines | 100% | 22,824 | 1:4,645 | 789 |
| Scotland | 100% | 18,424 | 1:290 | 65 |
| Belgium | 100% | 14,939 | 1:769 | 183 |
| South Africa | 100% | 13,090 | 1:4,166 | 788 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 13,038 | 1:141 | 21 |
| Germany | 100% | 11,330 | 1:8,533 | 653 |
| Brazil | 100% | 9,986 | 1:21,454 | 1,932 |
| Australia | - | 9,308 | 1:1,467 | 295 |
| Wales | 100% | 7,766 | 1:398 | 89 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,817 | 1:599 | 137 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,459 | 1:1,845 | 375 |
| France | 100% | 2,118 | 1:31,384 | 1,185 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,872 | 1:727 | 93 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,439 | 1:11,746 | 1,337 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1,289 | 1:66 | 11 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,236 | 1:21,834 | 1,594 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Thailand | 100% | 856 | 1:81,853 | 7,397 |
| Bahamas | - | 785 | 1:509 | 114 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 739 | 1:41,204 | 3,551 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 710 | 1:14,692 | 1,527 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 585 | 1:26,365 | 2,729 |
| Spain | 100% | 501 | 1:92,874 | 2,773 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Suriname | 100% | 494 | 1:1,119 | 222 |
| Kenya | 100% | 453 | 1:102,223 | 5,327 |
| Portugal | - | 424 | 1:24,554 | 1,086 |
| Vanuatu | - | 398 | 1:658 | 164 |
| Egypt | 67% | 390 | 1:235,643 | 8,182 |
| Jersey | - | 372 | 1:269 | 50 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Guyana | 100% | 351 | 1:2,175 | 419 |
| Panama | 100% | 328 | 1:11,910 | 1,476 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 325 | 1:25,272 | 1,583 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 324 | 1:93,216 | 4,339 |
| Barbados | - | 289 | 1:1,003 | 234 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 265 | 1:30,763 | 3,069 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 262 | 1:419 | 54 |
| Peru | 99% | 255 | 1:124,672 | 4,041 |
| Malta | - | 250 | 1:1,717 | 340 |
| Chile | 99% | 218 | 1:80,767 | 2,275 |
| Singapore | 100% | 217 | 1:28,973 | 5,833 |
| China | - | 195 | 1:7,005,414 | 59,355 |
| Haiti | 100% | 194 | 1:55,294 | 3,598 |
| Sweden | 100% | 192 | 1:51,343 | 2,697 |
| Norway | 100% | 189 | 1:27,155 | 1,446 |
| Grenada | 100% | 181 | 1:597 | 86 |
| India | 100% | 173 | 1:7,022,416 | 238,932 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 162 | 1:1,096,076 | 26,609 |
| Mexico | 100% | 159 | 1:780,783 | 7,116 |
| Belize | 100% | 140 | 1:2,531 | 578 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 139 | 1:6,267 | 664 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 136 | 1:820 | 100 |
| Ecuador | - | 134 | 1:132,290 | 2,809 |
| Austria | 100% | 125 | 1:68,114 | 1,740 |
| Italy | 98% | 124 | 1:492,436 | 5,278 |
| Bahrain | - | 118 | 1:11,429 | 1,802 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 118 | 1:40,406 | 1,993 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 113 | 1:2,282,864 | 113,109 |
| Denmark | - | 112 | 1:50,442 | 1,920 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 111 | 1:895 | 158 |
| Mauritius | - | 108 | 1:12,017 | 1,447 |
| Hong Kong | - | 107 | 1:72,455 | 2,661 |
| Guam | - | 105 | 1:1,530 | 341 |
| Greece | 100% | 98 | 1:111,577 | 2,871 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 90 | 1:586,537 | 15,593 |
| Dominica | - | 89 | 1:848 | 167 |
| Qatar | 100% | 87 | 1:27,237 | 3,729 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 84 | 1:85,143 | 7,219 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 83 | 1:739 | 139 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 83 | 1:72,510 | 2,927 |
| Japan | - | 79 | 1:1,620,077 | 18,143 |
| Seychelles | - | 77 | 1:1,204 | 292 |
| Honduras | 100% | 69 | 1:127,789 | 3,689 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 69 | 1:3,915 | 602 |
| Bermuda | - | 68 | 1:953 | 204 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 64 | 1:857 | 168 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 63 | 1:56,354 | 1,466 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 63 | 1:551 | 94 |
| Colombia | 100% | 61 | 1:783,261 | 9,976 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 55 | 1:994 | 208 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 49 | 1:3,629 | 637 |
| Aruba | - | 42 | 1:2,471 | 502 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Botswana | - | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 35 | 1:679,134 | 32,372 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:17,087 | 1,462 |
| Israel | 98% | 33 | 1:254,634 | 6,983 |
| Micronesia | - | 33 | 1:3,227 | 418 |
| Russia | 92% | 33 | 1:4,370,718 | 22,313 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 28 | 1:473 | 38 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| Cameroon | - | 24 | 1:900,438 | 24,542 |
| Finland | 84% | 24 | 1:228,466 | 3,699 |
| Marshall Islands | 93% | 24 | 1:2,135 | 322 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 23 | 1:1,359 | 317 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 22 | 1:825 | 130 |
| Liberia | 90% | 21 | 1:210,098 | 7,343 |
| South Korea | - | 21 | 1:264,020 | 8,921 |
| Estonia | 100% | 20 | 1:65,769 | 3,350 |
| Argentina | 100% | 19 | 1:2,251,223 | 8,037 |
| El Salvador | - | 19 | 1:333,778 | 3,659 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Zambia | - | 18 | 1:880,822 | 15,021 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 17 | 1:947,555 | 4,610 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 16 | 1:364 | 100 |
| Turkey | 100% | 15 | 1:5,186,781 | 23,029 |
| Czechia | 100% | 14 | 1:761,154 | 3,032 |
| Hungary | 100% | 12 | 1:815,981 | 2,563 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 11 | 1:17,668,880 | 95,124 |
| Uganda | 100% | 11 | 1:3,723,356 | 37,848 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 10 | 1:314 | 48 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Jordan | 100% | 9 | 1:980,753 | 5,354 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 8 | 1:703,446 | 7,424 |
| Macau | - | 8 | 1:76,026 | 700 |
| Montserrat | - | 8 | 1:610 | 61 |
| Uruguay | - | 8 | 1:428,455 | 5,529 |
| Bolivia | - | 6 | 1:1,766,901 | 4,084 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 6 | 1:88,192 | 3,143 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Brunei | - | 5 | 1:83,914 | 1,339 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
Kathleen (1,894) may also be a surname.
Kathleen Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The Irish form of Katherine. (-Leen is typically Irish.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
According to McPherson this name is derived from the Ossianic Cathlinn or Gathlinn, the name of the north polar star, and signifying the ‘beam of the wave’ (gath beam, linne the sea). But Kathleen is rather an Irish diminutive of Catharine.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Greek (feminine) - Spotless, pure.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Celtic name, meaning: Beautiful eyes.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
The Catherine family of names all derives from the Greek 'Aikaterinë' (see Catherine) which translates to 'pure one', 'clear', 'innocent'.
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Sample size: 9,572 (1901)
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