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Meaning This name is in the birth records, but its history has not yet been added to the library. We add meanings only when they can be given with a source.
Its wave through time A fashion of the 1990s
In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1998 per million babies of that sex 2,667 babies given this name since 1985 At its height in 1998, about 1 in 11,200 girls 10 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Kaitlyn Girl A modern spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, whose origin is unknown. Modern · peak 2000 Katelyn Girl A modern spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, whose origin is unknown. Modern · peak 1993 Caitlin Girl An Anglicized spelling of Irish Caitlín, from Norman French Cateline (Katherine); the origin of Katherine is unknown. Modern · peak 1988 Guadalupe Girl or boy From the Virgin of Guadalupe in Extremadura, named after a river. The first part is Arabic wādī 'river'; the second… Renaissance · peak 1997 Kaitlin Girl A modern spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, whose origin is unknown. Modern · peak 1995 Caitlyn Girl A modern spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, whose origin is unknown. Modern · peak 1998 Katelynn Girl A modern spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, whose origin is unknown. Modern · peak 1998 Catalina Girl Spanish form of Katherine, a Greek name of uncertain meaning later linked with katharos 'pure'. Middle Ages · peak 2020 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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