Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Feminine Usage Medieval Basque, Basque Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 5/25/2014 by Frollein Gladys Edited 2/23/2018 by Frollein Gladys Meaning & History Medieval Basque name of uncertain origin and meaning. One theory suggests that it might be a variant of Katalin and thus one of the international forms of Katherine.In any case, this name was first recorded in Etxaleku (in the Navarre area) in 1548.