Caitlyn?

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Or is this too common now? I know of 3 others but all around 7/8 now.

not sure of spelling either, considering Caitlyn, Caitlin, Catelyn or Kaitlyn.

The pronunciation Kate-lynn is truly boaktastic imo. The epitomy of Oirishness. And Irish-American-ness.

I much prefer good, old-fashioned Kathleen.

I love it - it would only be said as Kate-lyn here, so unless you live in Ireland, then it wont be an issue.

I like Caitlin (spelling) best.

ShineyDiscoBall, if you want Katelyn then what about putting Katherine Lyn on the birth cert, that way, if anybody accuses you, lol of being a plastic or bastardising an ancient name, you can say 'actually it's short for Katherine, not Caitlin so put that in your crack pipe and smoke it love'.

or something a little less uptight perhaps !! But ykwim!

I know 2 Caitlins aged 9 and 11

Also 2 Kaelins age 4 and 3

Very good friends of ours have an 8mo Caitlin. They are both second generation Irish (living in London, both with two Irish parents) and pronounce it Cait-lin.

Its one of those names i really dislike sory love Katherine,catherine and Kathleen though.

not keen

Really dislike this name, sorry.

My LO is called Caitlyn and yes I have spelt it with a Y and I think its nice, Why do people want a popular name? I love the name, my husband chose it and the spelling....we used the Y as my late mum was called Lynn and wanted to incorperate her name.

"The pronunciation Kate-lynn is truly boaktastic imo. The epitomy of Oirishness. And Irish-American-ness"

Though obviously not just Irish-Americans, mathanxiety , but second-or-third-generation Irish immigrant families in general, as made apparent by several entries on this thread from (likely British?) families who have used (or know others who use) the Kate-Lynn pronunciation too. Caitlin has also been in the top ten in Australia in the last ten years, and I'd imagine they're not all pronounced as Gaeilge.

Still, lovely of you to equate "boaktastic"ness with my an entire ethnic group. I think you would have had your point covered with "Oirishness". If, of course, your point is about the culture / language / names being misinterpreted and reinvented in a way you find distasteful, as opposed to your negative feelings about people of a particular heritage.

And yes, I'm Irish-American and took that personally. . Maybe too personally, I admit. Fwiw I also don't like mispronunciations of ethnic names and think that if someone's not going to pronounce Caitlin the Irish way, they should just go with Kathleen, which I agree is lovely.

Caitlin KOYT-hleen

I think it's lovely but I'd spell it right Caitlin.

I used to like it, and it was on my short list.

Have to say though, I'm glad I didn't use it. I just find it a bit Bethany now. (another one on my short list that I'm glad I didn't use)

I love all the uncommon Irish names, but think they are a bit too Irish for most to get away with. My favourite is Caoimh (sp?????) Love that, but as I can't even spell it, I would never be able to contemplate it.

I asked my in-laws about this - both born and bred and live in Connemara in the west of Ireland and they were adamant it is pronounced Cait-lyn round their way, so 'boak-tactic Oirishness' it a massive assumption and generalisation.

My cousin-in-law has just called her new baby daughter Caoimhe. :)

I like it - my dc's are 13 and 10 and there are 1 or 2 children called that in their schools but it isnt overused I reckon! Kind of makes me boak when the baby naming saga gets a bit over analysed when really it doesnt need to! If you like the name and you think it will go with a surname then go for it :o (I also appreciate that it is extremely difficult to pick a name and the connotations can sometimes seem a bit much!)

'Kate-lynn' is awful. Its a bogus name.