Keitlyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Keitlyn by the numbers

Keitlyn was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Keitlyn

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 Keitlyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kaitlynpure; modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelyn929 in the US (2017)
  • Keilyn45 in the US (2017)
  • Kailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin294 in the US (2017)
  • Kaitlynnpure; a modern spelling of Caitlín144 in the US (2017)
  • Kaitlinpure; a form of Caitlin or Katherine65 in the US (2017)
  • Kellynbright-headed; a respelling of Kelly30 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Keitlyn

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