A little poll

[ladyofmoonlight.livejournal.com]

Since I finally now learned how to make polls people can vote in, I've decided to try it out. I've always wondered which spelling was prefered for the name Caitlin. I wouldn't use that for my child, simply because I'm not big on popular names, but out of curiosity...

[Poll #669645]

Comments

[dingo83.livejournal.com]

Other= Katelyn

[krazyhippie.livejournal.com]

Caitlyn.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

ditto

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

I believe Caitlin is the actual Irish spelling.

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

Kaitlin.

[dionysia.livejournal.com]

http://www.namenerds.com/irish/Katelyn.html

[dionysia.livejournal.com]

Pretty much, since in English we don't use the í

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Holy CRAP. That's just plain scary. My eyes!!!

[ladyofmoonlight.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw that once awhile ago! I had actually been looking for it when I made the poll but I couldn't find it, so thanks for giving me the link. It's amazing how many spellings of Caitlin there are!

[ladyofmoonlight.livejournal.com]

Caitlin is the Irish version of Kathleen, and I've heard that technically it's supposed to be pronounced either just like Kathleen, or like kawt-leen. I think it's just pronounced how it looks here in America.

I had read that Caitlin and Katelynn were two different names because of this. Caitlin is supposed to be a traditional Irish/Gaelic name, and Katelynn (or Katelyn) is supposed to be an American combination name, combining Kate and Lynn (or Lyn).

[fingie.livejournal.com]

haha I did that with my name [Jessica] in school once-
Jessica
Jessika
Jesseca
Jesseka
Jesykah
etc haha

[fingie.livejournal.com]

second that :)

[timed.livejournal.com]

Same here.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

Ha! One of my first screennames was Jehszyckah! Because, well, I was 12.

[dionysia.livejournal.com]

Fun and a little frightening, n'est-ce pas?

[hannallegro.livejournal.com]

third

[miss--nikki.livejournal.com]

Haha I tried spelling my name Nikole (instead of Nicole) when I was in school... all my teachers just ignored it. lol!

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Same here.

[katie-oo7.livejournal.com]

I'm a Kaitlin which I think is far superior to all other variations. I'd rather be a Katelyn though.

My god-father is from Ireland and he pronounces it Kawtch-lean.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I believe this is technically right.

But at the same time, sometimes names become americanized, and that's ok. It's like Genevieve for example. There's just two perfectly legitimate ways to pronounce that now.

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

Kaitlin is my favorite way mostly because the one I know the best spells it that way and I always thought it was so pretty.

[missc1224.livejournal.com]

Kaitlyn or Katelyn

[daveandmonika.livejournal.com]

fifthed?