Cailyn

Gaelic

Slender. Variant of Caley or Cailley: (French) 'from the forest.

Gaelic Latin

Christian.

Gaelic Irish Scottish

Pure. Variant of Katherine meaning pure. Variant of Katherine, meaning pure.

French Gaelic Greek Irish Latin

Pure, clear. Form of the Latin Katharina, from the Greek Aikaterina. It was borne by a number of saints, including St Catherine of Alexandria, a 4th century martyr who suffered torture on a spiked wheel. Pure. An Irish Gaelic variant of Catherine from the Old French form of the name. Form of the Greek Catherine meaning 'pure'. Variant of Katherine meaning pure. Pure, clear. Form of the Latin Katharina, from the Greek Aikaterina.