Cathleen
Encyclopedia
Cathleen is a feminine given name
in the English language
. It is a variant form of Kathleen
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Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
in the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. It is a variant form of Kathleen
Kathleen (given name)
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...
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People with the name
- Cathleen Falsani, American journalist and writer
- Cathleen GalgianiCathleen GalgianiCathleen Galgiani is an American politician who currently serves in the California State Assembly, where she has represented the 17th district since December 2006...
, American politician - Cathleen NesbittCathleen NesbittCathleen Mary Nesbitt, CBE was an English stage and film actress.-Biography:Born in Cheshire, England in 1888, of Welsh and Irish descent, Nesbitt was educated in Lisieux, France, and at the Queen's University of Belfast and the Sorbonne...
, English actress - Cathleen RundCathleen RundCathleen Großmann , formerly called Cathleen Stolze, is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Germany, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she won the bronze medal in the 200 m backstroke...
, German Olympic swimmer - Cathleen SchineCathleen SchineCathleen Schine is an American author of several novels, including Rameau's Niece .Her first book was Alice in Bed , which was followed by To The Birdhouse , The Love Letter and The Evolution of Jane . The Love Letter was filmed in 1999...
, American author - Cathleen Synge MorawetzCathleen Synge MorawetzCathleen Synge Morawetz is a mathematician. Morawetz's research was mainly in the study of the partial differential equations governing fluid flow, particularly those of mixed type occurring in transonic flow...
, Irish-Canadian mathematician - Lady Cathleen HudsonLady Cathleen HudsonLady Cathleen Blanche Lily Eliot, later Seyfried, later still Hudson was the younger daughter of John Granville Cornwallis Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans and Lady Blanche Linnie Somerset, daughter of the 9th Duke of Beaufort...
, younger daughter of John Granville Cornwallis Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans