Katleen
Katleen 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.
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
- Belgium, United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 204 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Katleen
If you do not know Katleen’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Katleen,” in English, “Guten Tag Katleen,” 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 Katleen,
German
Guten Tag Katleen,
French
Bonjour Katleen,
Spanish
Estimado/a Katleen:
Chinese
Katleen您好：
Japanese
Katleen様
English
Hi Katleen,
German
Hi Katleen,
French
Salut Katleen,
Spanish
Hola Katleen,
Chinese
Katleen你好：
Japanese
Katleenさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | uncommon | woman's name |
| United States | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 204 female · 204 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Katleen a male or female name?
Katleen 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 Katleen in an email?
If you do not know Katleen’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Katleen,” in English, “Guten Tag Katleen,” 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 Katleen a unisex name?
Katleen 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.
DearWho, "Is Katleen a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/katleen. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_katleen,
title = {Is Katleen a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/katleen},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}