Kathleen...?

[LadyOfWaffle]

Just thinking of names - Kathleen is my middle name and my grandmothers name, I love it but I hate Cathy/Kathy. What do you all think? It's ok, be honest.

[dizzydixies]

my aunt is Kathleen and gets called Katty

I like Kitty as a nn for it too

[Amandella]

Sorry but I don't like it. Love Katie though. Kathleen is v. old fashioned to me.

[lesleyella]

My grandmother was called Kathleen and she was one of the loveliest people I have ever known... I must admit I also love Cathy (very Wuthering Heights) but Kate and Lena and also very pretty names.

[pointydog]

I quite like the name Kathleen in a 70s retro sort of way. I also quite like the name Karen.

[dizzydixies]

@ califru

[AHLH]

My friend Kathleen (after her granny) has always been called Katie by friends and family.

[GrumpyOldHorsewoman]

My mum is Kathleen. Like you she hates Kathy. She does get called Kath, though, which she doesn't mind. I like Kathleen.

[Othersideofthechannel]

I like it. It is DDs middle name and grandmother's name.

[NumptyMum]

I LOVE the name Kathleen, DS would have been called it if he was a DD... my favourite aunt was called it, but known as Kiki. Irish version Caitlin is pretty popular, isn't it?

[Rhubarb]

NO. It's my mum's name. Awful horrible person that she is.

[EyeballsintheSky]

My mum's name is Kathleen and I won't hear a word against it!

She also gets Kathy which she puts up with and 'Kaff' from my dad (very common Londoner). She ignores him mostly... But she only gets Kathleen when she goes home to Ireland.

[Tortington]

always an irish mums name

[1dilemma]

I think judging by the fact that just about everyone who has posted on here has a dGM called Kathleen you know which generation it is from.
Much prefer Mary sorry

[Othersideofthechannel]

But what goes around comes around. LoW could be a trend-setter....

[redrobin]

I think Kathleen is absolutely beautiful. A pure and true name. And unusual i think these days. (or you could always spell it Cafleine to modernise it hahah)

[cyteen]

or Caffeine

[pointydog]

I have a friend called Kathleen an she's not an old lady. She's nuts but special.

[seeker]

I'm Cathleen (with a C) and I have always hated it with a passion. It has always been dull and old fashioned, even when I was a child, which is a lot of years ago now. Not sure how a name can be an old lady name forever, but it manages it. Yhe only good thing about it is that it can be shortened to Kate!

[Dotsie]

my dd, 10, is Kathleen, and refuses to answer to anything else! i think it's rather nice (not biased at all, honestly!!!!) it means "pure maiden" according to my baby name book. afaik, dd doesn't get any stick at school for it either. hth

[seeker]

Sorry dotsie - didn't mean to 'dis' your name choice! Glad your dd loves it - I think I've just got a hang up about it.

[binkleandflip]

Kathleen is lovely, Kitty is very cute too

[Pinkjenny]

Kitty is gorgeous. MIL is called Kathleen.

[binkleandflip]

now I want a baby dd JUST so I can call her Kitty