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Kathlynn

Gender
Girl
Say it
KATH-lin
Origin
Greek

Kathlynn is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pure (by traditional association)”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Kathlynn mean?

Greek: spelling of Kathlyn; blend of Kathleen and Kathryn

“pure (by traditional association)”

The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913), an early American film serial, starred the actress Kathlyn Williams.

Meaning borrowed from Kathlyn.

Is Kathlynn a girl's or a boy's name?

Kathlynn is a girls' name.

How popular is Kathlynn in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1995, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.

Half of all the girls named Kathlynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

1924Busiest: 20 in 19952023
Kathlynn in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20235#15,188
20226#13,586
20216#13,459
20205#15,083
20196#13,793
20185#15,677
20175#15,898
20160–
20159#10,861
20146#14,552
20137#13,145
20128#12,193
20119#11,175
201011#9,786
20097#13,698
20089#11,594
20075#17,630
20066#15,147
200510#10,123
20048#11,617
200315#7,202
20025#15,426
20016#13,514
200010#9,156
199914#6,830
19987#11,132
19977#10,831
19967#10,562
199520#4,841
199410#8,116
199311#7,491
199212#7,060
199113#6,582
199010#7,874
19896#10,841
198812#6,272
19877#8,773
19865#10,907
19856#9,304
19846#9,139
19830–
19825#10,514
19815#10,409
19808#7,417
19796#9,008
19786#8,560
19778#6,890
19760–
19755#9,065
19740–
19730–
19720–
19715#8,322
19707#6,361
19690–
19680–
19675#6,803
19660–
19650–
19647#5,473
19635#6,591
19620–
19617#5,308
19605#6,389
19595#6,244
19586#5,407
19570–
19568#4,466
19559#4,068
195410#3,717
195313#3,105
195218#2,501
195114#2,809
195013#2,908
19497#4,234
19489#3,591
19478#4,005
19467#3,993
19458#3,386
19440–
19438#3,492
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19245#5,059

Nicknames for Kathlynn

Names like Kathlynn

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Kathlynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kathlynn, updated 20 October 2026.