Kaitland

[mummywhodrinks]

What do you think?

[LetThemEatCake]

think you've been drinking

sounds like a supermarket or cheap clothing chain

sorry

[runnyhabbit]

Very similar sounding to Caitlin. (which I prefer, sorry)

[aGalChangedHerName]

Bloody awful!! A wind up yes?

[SoupDragon]

What do I think? That everyone will think you're an idiot who can't spell Caitlin.

[rubyslippers]

what is wrong with Caitlin?

[trixymalixy]

Do you need a passport to go there?

[AnarchyAunt]

There was a Kaitland at DD's old nursery and it made my teeth itch every time I saw it written down.

It just looks daft.

[nickytwotimes]

Well, Caitlin is nice.
WHere the hell did you dig up Kaitland from though?

[crumpet]

Agree - Kaitland will make peopple think you are a numpty who got Caitlin wrong

[DiamondHead]

Kaitland, just off the A36, where everyone you meet's called kate

[mummywhodrinks]

I saw it in the nct magazine. Says on a baby name website it is a greek name meaning 'pure'.

I agree Caitlin is also nice but it is meant to be pronouced Catlin according to dh and I want a Kate sound at the beginning.

[Fimbo]

Is it not the Irish for Kathleen in which case the prounciation could be more the way your dh thinks it is.

[Bonneville]

Sounds, looks and is completely stupid. Sorry.

[Thunderduck]

Noooooooo.

[smurfgirl]

Do Katelin/Katelyn if you want Kate at the beginning.

[pooka]

A friend's dd is Caitlin. Most definitely pronounced by her and all and sundry as Kate-lin rather than Cat-lin.

[TheCrackFox]

No, no, no.

[edam]

Caitlin is a Welsh name as well as Irish and the Welsh Caitlins I have known have all pronounced it 'Kate-lin'.

Please don't try Kaitland, it will scar the poor mite for life. Imagine everyone she ever meets thinking she's the offspring of too real numpties...

(Baby name websites make stuff up btw - they've gone for 'pure' because that's the meaning of Catherine and Caitlin is the Welsh/Irish form of Catherine. This does NOT mean 'Kaitland' is a real name.)

[edam]

eek, speaking of Numpties that should of course be 'two' not 'too'. I was typing while on the phone to my mother though...

[Rachmumoftwo]

I have a Caitlin (pronounced Kate-lyn). It has become quite popular but is still a lovely name :-)

[EyeballsandherSunburntNorks]

Sounds like one of those big shops, TK Maxx, Matalan, Kaitland.... Reminds me of Snodland actually.

[DaisymooSteiner]

Yes, you have been drinking, haven't you?

[MrsMcCluskey]

Eyeballs - I was going to ask is it next door to 'Mataland'?
Awful.

[FigmentOfYourImagination]

Sounds like a town in Louisiana.

no

[EyeballsandherSunburntNorks]

LOL DH calls is Mataland won't be corrected and drives me mad