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Katelyne

Gender
Girl
Say it
KATE-lin
Origin
Greek

Katelyne is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pure”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Katelyne mean?

Greek: spelling of Katelynne, itself a variant of Katelyn, from Caitlin, the Irish form of Catherine

“pure”

A variant spelling of Katelyn, an American form of Caitlin, the Irish form of Catherine.

Meaning borrowed from Katelynne.

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

Katelyne is a girls' name.

How popular is Katelyne in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 6 girls.

1996Busiest: 6 in 20022010
Katelyne in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20101#7,520
20091#7,377
20080–
20074#4,494
20064#4,357
20051#6,340
20041#6,173
20031#5,865
20026#2,691
20013#4,156
20000–
19991#5,182
19982#5,081
19975#2,896
19961#5,054

How popular is Katelyne in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.

Half of all the girls named Katelyne in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.

1987Busiest: 40 in 19932016
Katelyne in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20165#16,210
20150–
20140–
20137#13,145
201211#9,706
20118#12,146
201011#9,786
200911#9,971
200819#6,796
200717#7,390
200613#8,711
200513#8,325
200430#4,488
200320#5,790
200227#4,494
200127#4,442
200023#4,976
199933#3,635
199831#3,727
199731#3,623
199624#4,301
199518#5,216
199427#3,887
199340#2,933
199222#4,521
199122#4,491
199027#3,808
198915#5,539
198812#6,272
19875#11,320

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Katelyne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/katelyne, updated 20 October 2026.