Kathleen

[lawrencecostin]

Thoughts on Kathleen?

I know it's a very Enid Blyton type of name.

I used to imagine it as a very old name, but I saw a baby "Kathy" on Instagram recently so perhaps it's ready for a resurgence!

I love this name. My DH was against it, but I would have gone for it in a heartbeat!

It's lovely

Please don't. It's awful. Really.

It's from that era that is old lady, but not so old lady that it's 'old lady chic'.

It goes with Linda, Carol, Maureen, Pauline, Denise.

But you could start a trend....they could be the new Agnes, Ethel, Maud type names.

I don't like it though. It just screams 'dinner lady' to me!

I like it. It says 50s Ireland to me.

I think it's lovely.

That said, my mum's Kathleen and my life-long best friend is Kathy so I might be slightly biased!

Its a good name. However its quite unusual now. I'd assume it was after your mum nan or aunt, so Be ready for the how did you choose Kathleen questions 1000 times a day. That's the first thing I.ask when I hear an unusual name. .
I've met a little Donna (Named after her Auntie)
and a Colin (named after his dad)

My name is Katherine but I really don't like Kathleen

My super-cool 19 year old dd is Kathy, but she's a Katherine. I do like Kathleen though.

It's an awesome name!

Not keen, sorry. I do like Katherine and even quite like Kathy, but I can’t get behind any of the “een” names.

Awful.

No, it's awful. It's a 1930's Irish granny name that's not ready for a revival.

I love it! It was my grandmother's nanme, but she was born in 1907 so I reckon it's ready to return. The only thing against it would be the more recent peak popularity of Caitlin, basically the same name.

I like it!

It was my great aunts name & I know 2 who are 28 one goes by Katie & the other by Kat.

I actually don't mind it but that might be because I know a couple it's not too unusual to me.

And as far as being an Irish granny name, yes it is, but there is a swarm of baby Ita/Una/Sadhbh/etcs, so that needn't put anyone off.

I really don’t like Kathy - eastenders ruined it for me!

Kirsten?

I have an Aunt Kathleen and never met another... I like the name

It's lovely, I know one who's also called Kitty.

Awful.

It’s my middle name and I love it. It’s my mum’s first name, she is known as Kath. Go for it a baby Kathleen would be cute!

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