Katelin

A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning pure; a form of katherine or kathryn.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Katelin by the numbers

Katelin was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 444 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

Names that come from Katelin

Forms of Katelin in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Kaylinpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelin290 in the US (2017)
  • Keylinpure; a respelling of Katelin, Caitlin or variant of Kaytlin62 in the US (2017)
  • Kaytlinpure; a form of Katelin or Caitlin18 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Katelin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Katelynpure; a modern variant of Katherine760 in the US (2017)
  • Katerinpure; a form of Katherine14 in the US (2017)
  • Katalinpure; a form of Katherine3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Katlinvariant of Katelyn or Caitlin; pure
  • Kaelin37 in the US (2017)
  • Katalinapure; a variant spelling of Katalina453 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Katelin

Names that are said the same way as Katelin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Katelynnpure; a modern form of catherine184 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)
  • Catelyn29 in the US (2017)
  • Catelynn6 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean purity

Like Katelin, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
  • Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Katherinepure2,833 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
  • Catherinepure; clear1,573 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Katelin

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