Catelyn
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.
Catelyn by the numbers
Catelyn was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 108 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Catelyn
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Catelyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Catelyn
Names that are said the same way as Catelyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Katelynpure; a modern variant of Katherine760 in the US (2017)
- Katelynnpure; a modern form of catherine184 in the US (2017)
- Katelinpure; a form of katherine or kathryn19 in the US (2017)
- Katilynpure; a form of Caitlin6 in the US (2017)
- Katilynnpure; a form of Caitlin6 in the US (2017)
- Catalinepure; a form of Catherine5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Catelyn
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