Caithlyn is a ♀ girl name.
Caithlyn is a variant of Cathleen, an Anglicized form of the Irish name Caitlín, which derived from the name Katherine. Katherine itself is of Greek origin.
Caithlyn means “pure” (from ancient Greek “katharós/κᾰθᾰρός”), “each of the two”, “each singly” (from ancient Greek “hekáteros/ἑκᾰ́τερος”), “hundred” (from ancient Greek “hekatón/ἑκᾰτόν”), “far off” (from ancient Greek “hekás/ἑκᾰ́ς”), but as well “torture” (from ancient Greek “aikíā/αἰκῐ́ᾱ”). Besides, Caithlyn could be from a Coptic name with the meaning “my consecration of your name”.
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