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in reply to a message by evangelinerose
I don't mind it, it's not a bad name, just terribly overused and it has been destroyed completely by all its ugly variants from Kaitlyn over Katlyn to Kayghtelynne.
I probably shouldn't complain about alternate spellings, though. I do like Caitlin but my favorite spelling of it is actually Cateline. I do not see it as a misspelling, I think it looks similar to Catherine and Caroline so I find it very pleasing.
My favorite spellings are:
Cateline
Caitlin
Catelin
Catelyn
If I had to choose a K spelling I'd go with Kateline, Katelyn, Katelin or Kaitlin and I can stand Katelynn (I see it as a combo of Kate and Lynn). I dislike all the other spellings, especially Kaitlyn, Katlyn and Katlynn.
A big issue is that people will probably never spell your daughter's name correctly. Caitlin is not even the most common spelling anymore. So it would always get misspelled no matter what. Because that's the case you can basically spell it the way you want to as you will always have to correct people anyway. So if I had to use it I'd go with Cateline.
No, I wouldn't use it. I kind of like Cateline as a middle name, but i definitely would not use it as a first name. I don't want a super common name for my child and I don't want her having to spell her name out for people all of the time and becoming "Cateline, with a C" or "Cateline M.". It is so overused that you might as well just give your kid a number as a name as she will never be just Caitlin anyways. I go to school with several girls named Isabel. I'm only friends with one of them so when we talk about the others it's always "the other Isabel" or "the blond Isabel" which must be so annoying for all of the Isabels.
Not anytime soon but it will be out of the top 100 by 2015 if you ask me and then sound incredibly dated.
I know:
Caitlin (7)
Kaitlyn (5)
Kaitlin (3)
Katelyn (1)
Katylin (1)
Katlynn (1)
Kayghtelynne (1)
Katelin (1)
Katlynne (1)
edited: above are the numbers of girls named Caitlin etc I know, not their age. I do know 7 girls named Caitlin, 5 named Kaitlyn and so on.
I probably shouldn't complain about alternate spellings, though. I do like Caitlin but my favorite spelling of it is actually Cateline. I do not see it as a misspelling, I think it looks similar to Catherine and Caroline so I find it very pleasing.
My favorite spellings are:
Cateline
Caitlin
Catelin
Catelyn
If I had to choose a K spelling I'd go with Kateline, Katelyn, Katelin or Kaitlin and I can stand Katelynn (I see it as a combo of Kate and Lynn). I dislike all the other spellings, especially Kaitlyn, Katlyn and Katlynn.
A big issue is that people will probably never spell your daughter's name correctly. Caitlin is not even the most common spelling anymore. So it would always get misspelled no matter what. Because that's the case you can basically spell it the way you want to as you will always have to correct people anyway. So if I had to use it I'd go with Cateline.
No, I wouldn't use it. I kind of like Cateline as a middle name, but i definitely would not use it as a first name. I don't want a super common name for my child and I don't want her having to spell her name out for people all of the time and becoming "Cateline, with a C" or "Cateline M.". It is so overused that you might as well just give your kid a number as a name as she will never be just Caitlin anyways. I go to school with several girls named Isabel. I'm only friends with one of them so when we talk about the others it's always "the other Isabel" or "the blond Isabel" which must be so annoying for all of the Isabels.
Not anytime soon but it will be out of the top 100 by 2015 if you ask me and then sound incredibly dated.
I know:
Caitlin (7)
Kaitlyn (5)
Kaitlin (3)
Katelyn (1)
Katylin (1)
Katlynn (1)
Kayghtelynne (1)
Katelin (1)
Katlynne (1)
edited: above are the numbers of girls named Caitlin etc I know, not their age. I do know 7 girls named Caitlin, 5 named Kaitlyn and so on.
This message was edited 1/12/2009, 5:12 PM
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I like Cateline too :)
It looks prettier than some of the other variants. I only like it spelled with a 'C' too, I don't like K's for some reason they look ugly.
Do you pronounce Cateline like Cate-LIN or Cate-LEEN?
It looks prettier than some of the other variants. I only like it spelled with a 'C' too, I don't like K's for some reason they look ugly.
Do you pronounce Cateline like Cate-LIN or Cate-LEEN?
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I'm not quite sure yet. KATE-leen is rather pretty. I also like KATE-line for some reason. I guess I pronounce it like Caitlin most of the time but all pronunciations are pretty and if I were to use it as a first name I would go with KATE-leen or KATE-line.
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