Entry № 5117 · Greek origin

Kaitlin Kaitlin — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Pure"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "pure".

Kaitlin is a variant spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, meaning pure.

A fresh spelling of a well-loved name, it keeps the familiar sound with a look all its own.

Pure — a much-loved spelling.

The name in its native script.

Kaitlin
Transliteration
Kaitlin
Pronunciation
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Root
Grammatical form

Where Kaitlin stands.

Kaitlin does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Kaitlins before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Kaitlin.

The number behind Kaitlin.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kaitlin reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.