Gender: F
Origin: Irish variation of KATHERINE
Meaning: "pure"
Popularity in 2008: #452
The early Irish import version that came between Katherine and Kaitlin, and which hasn't been used in so long it's almost beginning to sound fresh again. It was a surprise pick by one of the hip Dixie Chicks, Martie Maguire.
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