First name content excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to 30,000 Baby Names © 2005 by Marcia Layton Turner. Buy this book online or call 1-800-253-6476.
Last name content copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks.
First name origin & meaning:
Irish: Pure beauty; variation of Catherine
First name variations: Caitlyn, Kaitlin, Kaitlyn, Katelyn, Kaytlin, Catelyn, Caitlan, Caitlynn, Caitlin
Last name origin & meaning:
Spanish (Castilian): from the Castilian form of the female personal name Catarina (see Catherine).
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