"Form of Katherine"
The name Kathern is commonly a female name from the "Greek" origin.
Kathern is a respelling of Katherine, with the ending of the standard form reduced to -ern. It belongs with the other shortened English spellings of the same name, such as Kathryn and Cathern, and carries no separate meaning of its own. It appears in United States birth records from 1884.
Katherine means "German and Swedish short form of KATHERINE".
The pronunciation of Kathern is KATH-ern.
The name Kathern means "Form of Katherine". Explore other names with related meanings: