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[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

what do you guys think of caitlin?

i'm 19 so i've known A LOT of caitlins and i never liked it much, but i like that it's an irish form of catherine/katherine, which is easily my favorite name for girls. my boyfriend is not a fan of katherine, he feels like it sounds too old for a baby, but i think i could get him to agree on caitlin, and we're both at least partly irish (i'm over 50% irish), so i'm not worried about that.

my only qualm is, to you, does it sound too much like a little kid? i love the nickname cate so i'd probably call her by that, but the name still seems so new. like i've never met anyone more than a few years older than me named caitlin, and although it has a classic appeal that i like because of catherine, i'm still worried that it's trendy and easily dated.

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[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

that's what i always tell him, that it doesn't matter what the KID'S name is, it matters what the ADULT'S name is. i really like classic names and he's always like "are you planning to give birth to an eighty year old?"

i'm not planning to have children for at least another six or seven years, so i guess we'll see the status of caitlin then. thanks for your opinion though, i'm always concerned about that because my name is ashley and i've always felt like i'd outgrow it, so i wouldn't want my kid to feel that way.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I really like Caitlin.

It's funny, I'm living in The Netherlands (and have lived here all my life) and I was born in the 80s, but my parents considered Caitlin for me, too. They had no idea it was trendy back then! Maybe that's one of the reasons why I like it.

Anyway...maybe I'm not much help because Caitlin is uncommon here...but I like it.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I've never lived in the US, so I can't assess what the trend on Caitlin is, all I can say is it's a really sweet name that ages really well, makes me think of a very elegant woman.

I also like that you're spelling it Caitlin and not Katelynn/Kaitlyn etc.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

Caitlin was popular when I was born (83) and it stayed popular for a long time, and was #44 on the list last year, so I wouldn't say it's easily dated. Common, yes. I don't really have an opinion on it either way.

There's always Caitrin or Catriona if you want an Irish form of Catherine that's less popular.

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

I agree. Though Caitlin did become very popular fast, it is still relatively popular and I don't see it going down any time soon. So, I don't find it very dated. People are saying its a nineties name, but I know at least 10 Caitlins of various spellings born in the eighties.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

I don't like the name, personally. I do like Cate, though, and I think it's a perfectly legit name on its own.

For the record, I much prefer Caitlin over the other millions of spellings.

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

i like cate too, i think that nickname is what draws me most to katherine/caitlin. but i prefer longer full names, and the last name is four syllables so i don't think just cate sounds good with it as a full name.

[ironqueen.livejournal.com]

I love Caitlin and you could definitely use Cate as a nickname.

[bmwbabe007.livejournal.com]

I love Caitlin!

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

My name is Caitlin Marie. I used to hate my name, but am actually sort of into it now. I think it's classy; Cait / Caity are great nicknames, but Caitlin can be professional as well. I like it!

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

well that's good to know, it's nice when someone likes their own name.

[azelmaroark.livejournal.com]

Dude, doesn't he know how many cute nns there are for Katherine??

Katie! Kate! Kat! Kitty! And that's just the obvious ones off the top of my head.

I don't mind Caitlin (that's really the only spelling I like, so kudos to you), and I adore Kate/Cate, but as a Katherine who goes by Katie, I much prefer the latter. It ages very well, especially with a good nickname for when they're really little. I love my name. (I'm Irish, too, mn is McLaurin)

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

Every Caitlin I have ever known that spelled it that way is a bitch. Katelyns are generally okay, but Caitlins are bitches.

It doesn't sound little kidish to me.

[sophie-louise89.livejournal.com]

My niece is Caitlin and i've never thought that the name seemed too young / old for her. It suits her perfectly. I also love Cate as a nn.

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

i know a caitlin who is 21... i love the name, especially because of her. i do, however, like katherine more.

[ex-londonso.livejournal.com]

I like Caitlin more than Katherine.

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend's sister is named Caitlin and she's definitely not a little kid--I have never thought the name seemed too young, I like it a good deal more than Katherine.

[xx-imagination.livejournal.com]

My name is Kaitlyn, and I can say that it was very popular when I was growing up, and it still is. I've never gone through a grade in school where I wasn't "one of the Kate/Kait/Cate's." But honestly, Katherine/Catherine would most likely have that same problem. It never bothered me hugely, because everyone spelled it differently.

I've grown with my name. I was Kaity before I had control over it, then Kaitlyn all through grade school, and I shortened it to Kait for high school and college, because it suited me better.

I don't believe it's dated/trendy. It's been a pretty popular name from the late 80s until currently, which is over 20 years that it's held on.

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

when i like a name this much, i don't really care that it's popular, you know? like i feel like there's a difference between katherine/caitlin/katie/cate being popular and my name, which is ashley, being popular. i feel like katherine and caitlin don't really sound dated whereas ashley absolutely does.

like i'd be bothered by the popularity if i was naming my kid madison or something but caitlin is different somehow, and i think that's how a lot of people felt recently when emily and hannah and abigail were really popular too.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Caitlin is a great name, and it's been around longer than you think. The first Caitlin I met was my mom's law school roommate, and she's now 55. And there was Caitlin on Degrassi Junior High who is now a very successful business woman on Degrassi: The Next Generation.