Message: "Caitlin is used as a name, then?"

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[Opinions] Caitlin is used as a name, then?

by Eliora (guest)

3/4/2007, 5:15 AM

in reply to a message by Elinor

I'm curious, because I was always told it was a form of Colleen and meant girl.

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- Elinor (Elly747)

3/4/2007, 8:16 AM

Oh yeah, it's extremely popular here. It was top 10 for most of the 90s as far as I know. Were you thinking of Cailin?

Edited to add: If you were thinking of Cailin which means 'girl' ... Even Colleen is occasionally used in Scotland. It's not popular, but Scots wouldn't know what it meant in vocab Irish, so there's no barrier to using it. Only a tiny proportion of Scots (about 1 in 100) know Scottish Gaelic, let alone Irish Gaelic :-)

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- Rachel (floppery) +1

3/4/2007, 5:55 AM

According to this site, Caitlin is a form of Katherine.

You've never heard Caitlin used? I know tons of Caitlins, Caitlyns, Katelyns, Kaitlyns, Kaitlins, Catelins, etc, although mainly Caitlyn and Kaitlyn.

- Isla

3/4/2007, 7:56 AM

She means in the U.K.

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