| The girl name Caitlin [ 2 syll. cai-tlin, ca-itl-in ] is pronounced as KEYTLIHN KEY. Caitlin is used chiefly in the Irish language and its origin is Old Greek. Caitlin is a variant of the name Katherine (English). Related forms include Caitlyn (English), Kaitlin (English), Kaitlyn (English), Katelyn (English), Katelynn (English), Katlin (English), Katlyn (English), Katlynn (English), and Cateline (Old French). Caitlin is popular as a baby girl name. The name's popularity jumped from the 1970s up to the 1980s; before that, it was of infrequent use only. At the modest peak of its usage in 1988, 0.377% of baby girls were given the name Caitlin. It was #44 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a fall in popularity since then. In 2007, its usage was 0.072% and its ranking #230. Out of the family of girl names directly linked to Caitlin, Katherine (English) was the most popular. In 2007, it was 4 times more regularly used than Caitlin. Baby names that sound like Caitlin include Caitlyn (English), Kaitlin (English), Kaitlyn (English), Kaitlynn (English), Katelin (English), Cathleen (English), Katelyn (English), Katelynn (English), Kathleen (English), Katlin (English), Katlyn (English), Katlynn (English), Katalin (Hungarian), and Catalina (Spanish). KEY: English pronunciation for Caitlin: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
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