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Caitlin / Caitlín ?

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Maternelle · 02/03/2011 21:30

DH is Irish, we have an Irish surname but live in France so we can't have Niamh, my favourite, because of the spelling. No Rs as the pronunciation are too different with a French accent, so can't have Cara.
How about Caitlin, pronounced Catlin?

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cumbria81 · 03/03/2011 14:41

The French will pronounce it Cat-leeeen whatever you do about it

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Maternelle · 03/03/2011 13:53

Well apparently, it depends which part of Ireland you come from as in places it's pronounced Catlin in other Cotchleen.
DH is from the North and it's Catlin there, or so I understand.
Niamh would be a nightmare here. DD1 is a Maeve, not keen on names ending in A.
The chavvy thing is weird. I can understand it for made-up names or misspelt names, but not for completely normal names.

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spidookly · 03/03/2011 00:36

Oops sorry, you're not the Irish one, it's your DH.

Is Niamh really such a problem. None of the sounds are hard - just tell people how to say it and they'll know.

Although I have heard people say that Niamh is chavvy now (in England I suppose)

spidookly · 03/03/2011 00:32

Caitlín is pronounced Cotchleen (as you probably know, if you're Irish).

Catlin and Caitlin pronounced Kate-Lynn are not Irish names. Catlin doesn't really sound very nice.

What about Clodagh?

Or Maeve?

Seóna?

CharlieCoCo · 03/03/2011 00:25

my favourite name is Caitlin (pronounced kate lin) but i use to have a friend who was called cat lin. i know someone who has a baby kaytlin who claims that is the irish spelling but i havent come across that spelling before so could be wrong.

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Maternelle · 02/03/2011 21:41

I know this is pathetic I have read on some threads that this was a chav name, whatever a chav name is...

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hatwoman · 02/03/2011 21:40

you might the French pronoucing it Catleeeeeen. but I like that. they run the t and l together rather nicely

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Maternelle · 02/03/2011 21:38

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