Kathleen

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Kathleen
Gender:	Female
Origin:	English, Irish
Meaning:	Pure

Kathleen is a female given name, used in English and Irish-language communities. 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 etymology is highly debated. Kathleen may refer to:

Contents 1 Music 2 Military 3 Politics 4 Artistry 5 Television and film 6 Nobility 7 Literature 8 Science 9 Other 10 See also

[edit] Music

• Kathleen (singer), Québécoise pop singer
• Kathleen Battle, American soprano
• Kathleen Edwards, Canadian singer-songwriter
• Kathleen Ferrier, British contralto
• Kathleen Hanna, American musician
• Kathleen Schlesinger, Irish musicologist

[edit] Military

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

[edit] Politics

• Kathleen Blanco, Governor of Louisiana
• Kathleen Brown, Californian politician
• Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
• Kathleen Lynch, Irish politician
• Kathleen Ollerenshaw, British mathematician and politician
• Kathleen O'Meara, Irish politician
• Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas
• Kathleen Wynne, Canadian politician

[edit] Artistry

• Kathleen Epstein, wife of Lucien Freud
• Kathleen Hale, British artist and illustrator
• Kathleen Scott, British sculptor

[edit] Television and film

• Kathleen Harrison, British character actress
• Kathleen Kennedy (movie producer), movie producer
• Kathleen Noone, American soap opera actress
• Kathleen Quinlan, American actress
• Kathleen Turner, American film actress, director, and producer
• Kathleen Doyle, Australian film director and producer

[edit] Nobility

• Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, the second daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and a sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
• Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British peer

[edit] Literature

• Kathleen Raine, British poetess
• Kathleen Winsor, American author
• The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics, the second poetry collection of William Butler Yeats

[edit] Science

• Kathleen Hall Jamieson, American professor of communications
• Kathleen Kenyon, archaeologist
• Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer

[edit] Other

• Kathleen, Florida
• Kathleen O'Toole, police commissioner of Boston, Massachusetts

[edit] See also

• List of names derived from Aikaterinē