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Girl · Irish, through English
Katelynn Say it: KAYT-lin
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Meaning A modern spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, whose origin is unknown.
Certain scholars 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 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1998 per 100,000 babies of that sex 30,285 babies given this name since 1979 At its height in 1998, about 1 in 1,200 girls 142 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Katelyn, Caitlin, Kaitlyn
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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.