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Freya or Caitlin

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mummytobemaybe · 18/03/2017 21:25

Friends mother is having a baby due in 2 weeks and they can't decide.
Also haven't got a middle name so suggestions would be helpful

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Sophronia · 18/03/2017 21:58

Freya

balia · 18/03/2017 22:00

I like Freya better, but I do know a few already, it's kind of fashionable at the moment.

BarInSpace · 18/03/2017 22:02

I like both equally! Whichever they choose, could the other be the middle name, so either Freya Caitlin, or Caitlin Freya?

C4Envelope · 18/03/2017 22:05

I have honestly never met a Caitlin I didnt like. Grin

speakfriendandenter · 18/03/2017 22:14

I have a Freya, she is 2. When we had her lots of people (including MIL) thought we had made the name up lol. Now I know of quite a few Freyas.

crapfatbanana · 18/03/2017 22:53

Caitlin pronounced Kate-Lin or Cat-leen? I prefer the latter, otherwise Freya.

Glossolalia · 18/03/2017 23:06

Freya is lovely

Mrsknackered · 18/03/2017 23:19

Biased as my gorgeous best friend is Caitlin and I absolutely love it.
Freya is very nice too, but quite a few around.

Joeybee · 18/03/2017 23:35

Freya. It's getting a popular name i think, but i can see why, it's lovely. Caitlin is way too dated, and it annoys me that there are so many spellings of it.

purpleme12 · 18/03/2017 23:39

I love Caitlin but i reckon it would be shortened to Kate and i like the unusual names. I wouldn't want it shortened to Kate. But all my opinion!

reuset · 19/03/2017 00:27

Freya

SuperBeagle · 19/03/2017 03:40

Freya.

I've never liked the name Caitlin. On the other hand, Freya is what I'd name another daughter, if I ever had one.

ThaliaLuxurySpa · 19/03/2017 03:51

Freya, definitely. Smile

Ticks all the right boxes:

Goddess of love and beauty, and also the amazing and feisty Freya Stark as a namesake!
(And if you're still after a middle name: hers, Madeline, is pretty?).

TwoDogs9 · 19/03/2017 03:53

Love the name Caitlin! Not so keen on Freya.

RuthB4 · 19/03/2017 06:16

I prefer Freya to Caitlin. But it's very popular. How about Faye instead?

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 19/03/2017 07:58

Freya Ellen
Freya Louisa
Freya Suzanne
Freya Eve
Freya Lily

Knifegrinder · 19/03/2017 08:09

I'll be this thread's Irish person who points out that Caitlin is actually Cáitlín, pronounced roughly Koyt-leen or Kotch-leen. Caitlin pronounced Kate-Lynne is an American mispronunciation gone mainstream -- unsurprisingly, there's even a baby names website with Frank McCourt mispronouncing it.

So, Freya.

ILikeSalmon · 19/03/2017 08:23

I have a 10 year old Freya and get lots of compliments on her name

Yika · 19/03/2017 08:30

Both lovely names but Caitlin is less popular so that's the one I'd pick.

Caitlin Frieda
Caitlin Mary
Caitlin Martha

n0ne · 19/03/2017 08:48

Love Freya but it's too popular for me to use it. If that doesn't bother you, go for it.

Mrsknackered · 19/03/2017 10:04

Knifegrinder although it is incorrect, without the accents it wouldn't be pronounced like that and it is used so frequently spelt that way and pronounced that way that no one will bat an eyelid.
Both the Caitlin's I know are Irish and pronounce it cate-lin

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 19/03/2017 10:17

Freya

BaymaxismyHero · 19/03/2017 19:53

Freya

butteredbanana · 19/03/2017 19:59

Thank you knife
I have a child with a name regularly 'unusually spelt' parents being creative and it slightly gets up my nose.
Freya is so popular that in our local village school ( of 100 pupils) there are three! Grin

ashtrayheart · 19/03/2017 20:00

I've got a 20 year old Freya, it was unusual then!
Either is nice though.