Pure
An Anglicized form of the Irish name Caitlín, which itself is a Gaelic form of Catherine. The name ultimately derives from the Greek Aikaterine, which was associated with the Greek word 'katharos' meaning pure.
Less common today
Cathleen isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #1,266 in 1990.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
British stage and film actress
American novelist and critic
Personification of Irish nationalism · Cathleen ni Houlihan (play by W.B. Yeats)
Canadian mathematician
