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Girl · Irish, through English
Katelynn
Say it: KAYT-lin
Meaning
A modern spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, whose origin is unknown.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
One of many American spellings of Caitlin, most used in the 1990s and 2000s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 30,285 babies given this name since 1979
- At its height in 1998, about 1 in 1,200 girls
- 142 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Katelyn, Caitlin, Kaitlyn
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.