Caitlin or Katelyn

[RosaLuxembunting]

Thoughts please.
I know what I think.

Turniphead: only one name dor irish girl born at Christmas: Nollag!

This is family though
There will be whispering behind hands.

How do they pronounce it ? Katelyn is,ime, a different name to Caitlin/Kathleen, although it orginates from it. I first heard it about 12 years ago in Australia and it was pronounced Kate lyn. Its also popular in the USA and has travelled over here in the last few years. Prefer Caitlin though.

a good friend of mine has a caitlin and i think it is a beautiful name
i dont mind whether the parent choosing the name spells it one way or another as it is their choice and therefore not to be whispered about by people who should care for the person and not sneer at the name.
maybe they couldnt decide between kate and caitlin so decided to compromise and have both in a way. either way the name sounds just the same and is just a lovely as i am sure the child is.
i have a name which was sneered/sniggered at as a child and it is hurtful to the child as they have no choice. so regardless of what you may think of the name at the end of the day it isnt your buisness to put your opinion in especially if the name is already the given name IYSWIM. i love my DDs name but not everyone does. that doesnt mean that their opinion matters at all to my decision just that they have one. i wouldnt like to think that my choice is being laughed at because the person has a particular opinion about the name. i am sure that in time (if it is a baby/small child) it wont matter how the childs name is spelt as most likely she will chop and change it as she grows up and it will no longer be spelt the way her parents intended or in the way you dislike.
at the end of the day it is only a name so not something to get too worked up about IMO
xx ei xx

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Caitlin

Have just been told they are spelling it Kaitlyn. Whatever.

Kaitlyn

Turniphead - you are quite right, I am being a bit totalitarian here, just trying to offload online so I don't say anything tactless in real life. It is none of my business (however the person in question has never been backward in expressing her opinion of my various choices

well rosa in that case if she is upfront and critical i would definitely play her at her own game TBH i am not a big fan of the spelling they have chosen but its still a lovely name
xx ei xx

definitely Caitlin!

No question-Caitlin.

I suppose it is regional variations, but I would have the accent on the "a" so would promounce caitlin "Coit-lin"

Turniphead is correct. T'is my mother's name. Although over here she goes by Kathleen.

Caitlin far better, for what it's worth.

And I think we have the final word!

Stick to Caitlin...

Caitlin

Isn't it pronounced Kathleen?

Turniphead: what about Aoife? Lovely name

Caitlin.
Katelyn looks like two names run together. Also, I would never know whether it should be pronounced Kate-lyn or Katt-e-lyn.

Hi

I love this name and its on my list for the future but I would spell it slightly different as I think its prettier

Caitlyn

well, IMO, if you want a prettier looking name, choose something else. Don't consign your daughter to a life of saying "with a Y"....