Meaning of the Irish name Caoilainn. Listen and learn how to pronounce Caoilainn so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.
MEANING: caol ”slender” and fionn ”white, fair, pure.” Several saints were Caoilainn and one was described as “a pious lady who quickly won the esteem and affection of her sister nuns by her exactness to every duty, as also by her sweet temper, gentle, confiding disposition and unaffected piety.”
GENDER: Girl | Female
IRISH NAME: Caoilainn
PRONUNCIATION: kay + linn”
ENGLISH: Keelin (“kee + linn”) or Kalin (“kay + linn”)
AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Caoilainn and read along with the meaning)
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What’s funny is, my name is “Cailin”, pronounced exactly as this name is, and it changes the meaning from “slender, white” to “girl”. However, whatever the proper definition, I will continue to direct people who insist on calling me “Caitlin” to this site – great to have a proper Irishman pronounce it the way it should be!
To give you some more info, your name would be closer to Colleen if translated from Irish to English, as Gaeilge, or in Irish it would be Cailín, pronounced like Colleen. Meaning girl.