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an old Irish name correctly pronounced as 'Cway Lawn' or often pronounced as 'Cay Lin'. 'Caol'(cwal) means slender in the irish language

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we would pronounce it as 'cay lin' as would many and often people assume when they hear the name or see it written down that it's a girls name and is often used as a girls name

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Sorry but to say it as clay lin is wrong as being Irish myself and as it is my younger brothers name, we over here in Ireland pronounce it as key-lan.

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Keylo

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Meaning is slender lad, History and origin, from Gaelic word caol "slender" combined with the diminutive suffix Lán.

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