"Form of Katherine"
The name Kathreen is commonly a female name from the "Greek" origin.
Kathreen is a respelling of Katherine, the English form of the name, with the middle syllable compressed to -reen. The spelling carries no meaning of its own beyond the name it respells, and it does not represent a separate name tradition.
Katherine means "German and Swedish short form of KATHERINE".
The pronunciation of Kathreen is KATH-reen.
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