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English
Proper noun
Caitlin (plural Caitlins)
- A female given name from Irish Caitlín, equivalent to English Catherine.
1997, Bernard Alger Drew, The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors: Biographical Sketches and Biographies, page 327:Beautiful, charming, rich, clever Caitlin needs one thing: love.
2003, Helena Pielichaty, After School Club, page 3:Caitlin is sixteen and a sixth former at The Magna and is under a lot of pressure with exams.
2006, Suzanne Holland, “The Integrity Conundrum”, in Carol Taylor, Roberto Dell'Oro, editors, Health And Human Flourishing: Religion, Medicine, And Moral Anthropology, page 114:Sixteen-year-old Caitlin — and all our nieces and sisters and friends — need to grow up in a culture that prizes difference, not conformity.
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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old French Cateline (compare Norman Cathelène).
Proper noun
Caitlin f (vocative a Chaitlin)
- a diminutive of the female given name Catrìona, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Kathleen
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.