Kathryn

Kathryn
Gender	Female
Origin
Meaning	"Pure"
Other names
Related names	Catherine, Katherine

Last updated August 04, 2025

Kathryn is a feminine given name and comes from the Greek meaning for 'pure'. It is a variant of Katherine.^[1] It may refer to:

In television and film:

Kathryn Beaumont (born 1938), English voice actress and school teacher best known for her Disney animation film works
Kathryn Bernardo (born 1996), Filipina actress and recording artist
Kathryn Bigelow (born 1951), American film director, first woman to win the Academy Award, BAFTA, and DGA award for Best Director
Kathryn Busby, American television and film executive
Kathryn Cressida also known as "Kat" Cressida (born 1968), American voice actress
Kathryn Crosby (1933 – 2024), American actress and singer who performed her most memorable roles under her birth-name Kathryn Grant
Kathryn Drysdale (born 1981), English actress
Kathryn Eames (1908 – 2004), American screen, stage, and television actress
Kathryn Erbe (born 1966), American actress best known for her lead role as Detective Eames on Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Kathryn Grayson (1922 – 2010), American lead actress and operatic soprano singer with MGM and Warner Brothers
Kathryn Hahn (born 1974), American actress best known for her role as Lily Lebowski on Crossing Jordan
Kathryn Hess (born 1967), American mathematician
Kathryn Joosten (1939 – 2012), American actress known for roles on The West Wing and Desperate Housewives
Kathryn Kinley (born 1965), American television personality, journalist and musical theater actress
Kathryn McGuire (1903 – 1978), American silent-film actress and dancer
Kathryn Morris (born 1969), American actress best known for her lead role as Detective Lilly Rush on Cold Case
Kathryn Leigh Scott (born 1943), American television and film actress known for her roles in the soap opera Dark Shadows

In astronomy:

Kathryn P. Hire (born 1959), American astronaut with over 381 hours in space
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born 1951), in 1984 became the first American woman to walk in space, and with 532 hours in space
Kathryn C. Thornton (born 1952), American astronaut with over 975 hours in space

In music:

Kathryn Calder, Canadian singer-songwriter and member of The New Pornographers
Kathryn Dawn Lang (k.d. lang) (born 1961), Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter
Kathryn Roberts, English folk singer
Kathryn Scott (b. 1974), a singer-songwriter of Contemporary Christian music Northern Ireland
Kathryn Tickell, (born 1967), English player of the Northumbrian smallpipes and fiddle

In literature:

Kathryn Deans, Australian children's fantasy author
Kathryn H. Kidd, Orson Scott Card's co-author in writing a novel named Lovelock
Kathryn Hulme (1900 – 1981), American author best known for The Nun's Story
Kathryn Schulz, American freelance writer and journalist
Kathryn Stockett, American novelist
Kathryn Tucker Windham (1918 – 2011), American storyteller, author, photographer and journalist

In politics:

Kathryn I. Bowers (1943–2015), American politician and Democratic former member of the Tennessee Senate representing the 33rd district
Kathryn Garcia (born 1970), Commissioner of the New York City Sanitation Department
Kathryn E. Granahan née O'Hay (1894 – 1979), American Democratic U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 32nd Treasurer of the United States
Kathryn Hay (born 1975), Tasmanian Labor politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the electorate of Bass
Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy née O'Loughlin (1894 – 1952), American Democratic politician and first female U.S. Representative from Kansas
Kathryn Stone (born 1963), British politician
Kathryn H. Stone (1906–1995), American politician from Virginia

In sports:

Kathryn Ainsworth, Australian netballer
Kathryn Binns later became Kathryn Davis (born 1958), English long-distance runner of marathons and half marathon events
Kathryn Colin "Kathy" Colin (born 1974), American Olympic contender and Pan American Games medalist in canoeing
Kathryn Teasdale (1964–2016), Canadian auto racing driver
Kathryn Westbeld (born 1996), American basketball player

In other fields:

Kathryn Myricks, Citizen of the world, entrepreneur, teacher of life, Princeton honorary degree, wife, and mother.
Kathryn Janeway, fictional Federation starship captain of the USS Voyager in Star Trek: Voyager and admiral in Star Trek: Nemesis
Kathryn Howard
Kathryn Mann, mathematician
Kathryn Paige Harden – American psychologist and behavior geneticist
Kathryn S. McKinley, American computer scientist
Kathryn Morgan (born 1988), American ballet dancer
Kathryn Parsons (born 1982), British tech entrepreneur
Kathryn Shaw, Canadian theatre actor and director

Events

Shooting of Kathryn Steinle, a 2015 incident in San Francisco carried out by illegal immigrant Jose Inez Garcia Zarate

References

↑ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Kathryn

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[1] MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Kathryn

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