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Kathaleen

Kathaleen is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict
Female
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States
US records 1880–2017
0 male / 4,136 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Kathaleen

If you do not know Kathaleen’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Kathaleen,” in English, “Guten Tag Kathaleen,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Kathaleen,

German

Guten Tag Kathaleen,

French

Bonjour Kathaleen,

Spanish

Estimado/a Kathaleen:

Chinese

Kathaleen您好:

Japanese

Kathaleen様

English

Hi Kathaleen,

German

Hi Kathaleen,

French

Salut Kathaleen,

Spanish

Hola Kathaleen,

Chinese

Kathaleen你好:

Japanese

Kathaleenさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Kathaleen by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statesuncommonwoman's name

United States birth data

0 male · 4,136 female · 4,136 births recorded

Male0%Female100%

Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Kathaleen a male or female name?

Kathaleen is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Kathaleen in an email?

If you do not know Kathaleen’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Kathaleen,” in English, “Guten Tag Kathaleen,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Is Kathaleen a unisex name?

Kathaleen is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Related names

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Kathaleen a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/kathaleen. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_kathaleen,
  title  = {Is Kathaleen a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/kathaleen},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}