Girl · Irish, from Greek
Caitlin
Say it: KAYT-lin
Meaning
An Anglicized spelling of Irish Caitlín, from Norman French Cateline (Katherine); the origin of Katherine is unknown.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Correctly pronounced KATCH-leen in Irish, but the English spelling-pronunciation became very popular in the US in the 1980s and 1990s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1980s
In the United States
- 111,988 babies given this name since 1955
- At its height in 1988, about 1 in 246 girls
- 109 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Caitlyn, Kaitlyn, Katelyn
| Irish | Caitlín |
|---|---|
| English | Catherine |
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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