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Kaitland

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mummywhodrinks · 28/06/2009 20:39

What do you think?

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LetThemEatCake · 28/06/2009 20:41

think you've been drinking

sounds like a supermarket or cheap clothing chain

sorry

runnyhabbit · 28/06/2009 20:41

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

aGalChangedHerName · 28/06/2009 20:45

Bloody awful!! A wind up yes?

SoupDragon · 28/06/2009 20:47

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

rubyslippers · 28/06/2009 20:47

what is wrong with Caitlin?

trixymalixy · 28/06/2009 20:48

Do you need a passport to go there?

AnarchyAunt · 28/06/2009 20:49

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 · 28/06/2009 20:50

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

crumpet · 28/06/2009 20:54

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

DiamondHead · 28/06/2009 20:57

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

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mummywhodrinks · 28/06/2009 20:58

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.

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Fimbo · 28/06/2009 21:01

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

Bonneville · 28/06/2009 21:16

Sounds, looks and is completely stupid. Sorry.

Thunderduck · 28/06/2009 21:27

Noooooooo.

smurfgirl · 28/06/2009 21:29

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

pooka · 28/06/2009 21:30

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

TheCrackFox · 28/06/2009 21:30

No, no, no.

edam · 28/06/2009 21:35

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 · 28/06/2009 21:36

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

Rachmumoftwo · 28/06/2009 21:38

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

EyeballsandherSunburntNorks · 28/06/2009 21:38

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

DaisymooSteiner · 28/06/2009 21:43

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

MrsMcCluskey · 28/06/2009 21:49

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

FigmentOfYourImagination · 28/06/2009 21:49

Sounds like a town in Louisiana.

no

EyeballsandherSunburntNorks · 28/06/2009 21:50

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