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Katelinn

Gender
Girl
Say it
KAYT-lin
Origin
Greek

Katelinn is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pure (by traditional association)”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Katelinn mean?

Greek: spelling of Katelin, itself a spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine

“pure (by traditional association)”

A spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, which came to Ireland through Old French Cateline.

Meaning borrowed from Katelin.

Is Katelinn a girl's or a boy's name?

Katelinn is a girls' name.

How popular is Katelinn in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.

Half of all the girls named Katelinn in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

1988Busiest: 15 in 20012011
Katelinn in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20116#14,816
20100–
20095#17,288
20085#17,498
20078#12,671
20068#12,415
200512#8,878
20048#11,617
20030–
20025#15,426
200115#6,951
200012#8,020
199911#8,216
199813#7,099
19976#12,065
19967#10,562
19958#9,548
19940–
19937#10,581
19927#10,471
19917#10,263
19900–
19896#10,841
19887#9,239

Nicknames for Katelinn

Names like Katelinn

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Katelinn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/katelinn, updated 20 October 2026.