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Kathleen...?

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LadyOfWaffle · 14/05/2008 16:14

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.

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dizzydixies · 14/05/2008 18:12

my aunt is Kathleen and gets called Katty

I like Kitty as a nn for it too

Amandella · 14/05/2008 18:19

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

lesleyella · 14/05/2008 18:20

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.

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pointydog · 14/05/2008 18:22

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

dizzydixies · 14/05/2008 18:28

@ califru

AHLH · 14/05/2008 21:10

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

GrumpyOldHorsewoman · 14/05/2008 21:17

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

Othersideofthechannel · 14/05/2008 21:24

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

NumptyMum · 14/05/2008 21:28

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 · 14/05/2008 21:28

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

EyeballsintheSky · 14/05/2008 21:36

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 · 14/05/2008 21:37

always an irish mums name

1dilemma · 14/05/2008 21:54

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 · 14/05/2008 22:03

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

redrobin · 14/05/2008 22:08

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 · 14/05/2008 22:12

or Caffeine

pointydog · 14/05/2008 22:14

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

seeker · 14/05/2008 22:14

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 · 14/05/2008 23:00

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 · 15/05/2008 09:51

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 · 15/05/2008 09:52

Kathleen is lovely, Kitty is very cute too

Pinkjenny · 15/05/2008 10:00

Kitty is gorgeous. MIL is called Kathleen.

binkleandflip · 15/05/2008 10:02

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

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