Given name
Catlyn
“one who is pure; chaste”·“one who is pure; virginal”
Catlyn is a variant of Catlin. One Irish interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.” Catlyn is a variant of Catherine. One English interpretation is “one who is pure; virginal.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Catlyn is a variant of Catlin. One Irish interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.” Catlyn is a variant of Catherine. One English interpretation is “one who is pure; virginal.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Catlyn is a variant of Catlin. An origin associated with Catlin is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Catlyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 607
- 0 boys · 607 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 842 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Catlyn’s family of names
Catlyn has a related form in Catherine. Catlyn has a related form in Catlin.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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