Kathryn

Where Kathryn comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kathryn.

  • Ancient Greek
Kathryn through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #102 among girls, with 204 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1951
    Kathryn Bigelow born
    American filmmaker
  3. 1951
    Peak, #45
    8,460 babies named Kathryn, its best rank.
  4. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #87.
  5. 1973
    Kathryn Hahn born
    American actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Catherine.
Namesakes
  • Kathryn Bigelow · American filmmaker, born 1951
  • Kathryn Hahn · American actress, born 1973
  • Kathryn D. Sullivan · American astronaut, born 1951
  • Kathryn Newton · American actress, born 1997
  • Kathryn Grayson · American actress and coloratura soprano, 1922–2010

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.