Cailin

I knew coming in here that I'd get my feelings hurt lol. This is my name, and I like it a lot! I love the fact that it just means "girl," I think it's a fun fact about the name. My parents pronounced it "cay-lin."

I think it sounds pretty. I also think the meaning is cool. Nice variant to Nina.

Another annoying variant of Kaylyn, plus why would you name your child a Gaelic word meaning "girl"? I believe it's pronounced like Colleen in Gaelic rather than Kaylyn.

At first glance most will probably mistake this for Caitlin.

I like this because it's the true version of my name Colleen and it also shares the pure meaning so it connects with me and my aunt who I was very close with that died when I was a kid. I might use this as a middle name if I have a daughter because me and my aunt never liked our own names.

I like this for a boy as well, spelled Calen.

My name is Cailin. My parents liked the look and its Irish origins (as my dad is of Irish ancestry). They chose to pronounce it "KAY-lin" because we live in the Untied States and it would be easier for people to pronounce it that way. However, we do know that it is traditionally pronounced like the name "Colleen" and that it is not actually a name but like a pet name meaning "girl". I get called CaiTlin all the time and it is quite a pet peeve of mine.

I named my 9 year old daughter Cailin. I didn't get it from the Irish though. Her dad and I are both Scottish. I came across it in a Scottish name book and it's meaning was 'victorious'. We live in America and everyone mistakes it for Caitlin, which drives me nuts! My daughter doesn't correct them, she likes it, that drives me more nuts! We also pronounce it 'Kay-Lin', I'm happy with our choice.

I named my daughter Cailin (born 1998) for its meaning in Gaelic, as my husband put it... you wanted a girl, and you got a girl, let's name her Cailin as it means girl. We pronounce it as Cay-l_n to alleviate the confusion for those that are not familiar with the Gaelic pronunciation. I love to hear her name (in Gaelic) spoken in the brogue of our Irish friends. It's the 17th here today in Australia... So Beannachta na Feile Padraig oraibh! (I hope I got it right).

My daughter's name is Cailin. I think it's a really pretty name. A lot of people call her Caitlin, but I like it more because Caitlin is so common.

This name is just weird. Aren't you basically naming your child "girl" in Irish? Plus it's also a dumb spelling of the monstrosity Kaylyn. Colleen sounds better, but I don't like that name either!

This is my name and I think that it is a very pretty name. I like it pronounced cay-lin. The only thing I don't like is all the mispronunciations like "caitlyn, colin, or caylee." I actually had someone argue with me about the pronunciation of my name. I said "my name is Cailin" and they said "hi Caitlyn" and I said "no it's Cailin" and they contradicted me and said "no it's Caitlyn!" Can you believe some people?

A very beatiful name! It shouldn't be a variant of Kaylyn though. I also love the pronunciation KAH-leen better than KAY-lin.

I know Gaelic and it's easy for me to say that this is not a name. Ironically, "cailín" is actually masculine (despite its meaning) because of the "-ín" suffix. Why this is, I don't know.

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I despise all the mangling of this pretty name into "Kaylyn", "Caelin", and the like (there's more lovely names that are befouled with these dreadful spellings and ghastly pronunciations in pitiful efforts to be "unique", but that's another story); there really should be some Respect For Language/Names courses for these people.

I love this name! I noticed on the ratings thing that 22% of people thought this should be a boy's name. Why would you give a boy a name that means 'girl'?

I know it sounds weird but I've never seen Colleen spelt like this and pronounced that way. I only know one little girl and she pronounces it CAL-yeen (I don't like that). I think Colleen sounds much better.