Katelyn: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Baby Name Katelyn
Origin of the name Kaitlyn:
Borrowed from the Irish, Caitlin is a variant of CaitrÍona, the Gaelic form of Catherine (pure, unsullied).
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As far as I'm aware, and I'm Irish myself and live in Ireland, Katelyn isn't so much borrowed from Caitriona, but from "Kathleen" or "Cathleen" (spelt Caitlin in Irish - the 2nd "i" being an "ee" sound .) When the famine took hold in Ireland and the Irish were forced to flee over to America in those "coffin" ships and disembarked in Ellis Island etc. the name would have been "Cathleen/Kathleen" being spelt in Irish as "Caitlin" - but over the years, with it being mis-spelt and Americanised - it has become "Katelyn". I prefer the original name "Kathleen" myself!
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Kate, Katie, Kay,Kae,Lynn,Kae-Lynn,Kat,Kattie,Telynn
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Katelynn Cusanelli from The Real World: Brooklyn
Katelyn Faber, allegedly sexually assaulted by Kobe Bryant
Katelyn Murphy, ESPN sideline reporter
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Global Popularity of the Name Katelyn
- #43 in Ireland
- #69 in Canada (Alberta)
- #80 in United States
- #83 in Canada (British Columbia)
- #200 in Scotland
