Katelyn

Feminine given name

Katelyn is a feminine given name, a spelling variant of Caitlin, itself derived from Catherine.

The name gained popularity in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s, part of a wave of creative respellings: Kaitlyn, Katelynn, Caitlyn, and others.

Katelyn starts kindergarten next fall.

name

Kaitlyn

Kaitlin · Katy · Kay · Kat · Kathryn

era

90s

Final twentieth-century decade

Y2K · suburban · American · sitcom · cheerleader · prom · yearbook · sorority · homecoming · mall

Categories
Family

Katherine, Kate, Caitlin, Catherine, Caitlyn

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G