Comments on: Name of the Day: Caelin

By: latisha

latisha — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:33:31 +0000

my son, caelin, hates his name. i think it’s cool. i ‘ve always loved it. he’s a strong athletic kid who goes by his last name when playing any sport. guess my opinion doesn’t reallt mattee huh? this coming from a person who named her son caelin and daughter ryan. go figure.

maybe they should switch…….

By: rachylclmnt

rachylclmnt — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:41:01 +0000

One of my best guy friend’s name is Caelin, and is pronounced like Collin. I honestly prefer the pronunciation, but perhaps that is due to personal bias. (:

By: Trish

Trish — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:21:36 +0000

My son is Caelin too, and he was born in 2009. I love the name and it is historically a boys name, and I even met another mother who had it on the list for her son. I get many good comments on his name, the only bad ones were from idiots in the family who say any “lynn” sounding name should only be given to a girl. And from an old lady who was about 500 years old and had a hairy chin.

I think the name suits him and the meaning does too.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:34:36 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Shay. The longer I really look at the phenomenon of gender-crossing names, the more I’m convinced that it really is a non-issue. We call our firstborn Aly, and it doesn’t make him any less of a stinky-footed, basketball-playing, Monster-Jam-loving boy!

By: Shay

Shay — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:01:10 +0000

I have a son named Caelin who is 7 years old. I happen to love the name and do not think that it is girly at all. I do know girls who are named Kaylynn, but none spelled like my son’s name.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:53:19 +0000

Hey, if Peyton can be worn by an NFL quarterback …

By: Trish

Trish — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:34:29 +0000

My son is Caelin. I love it. It suits him and I just hope people wont be so moronic when he is older to think it is a girly name when in history it is a male name. As said above girls are often K’s and boys are often C’s.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:26:11 +0000

H’okay … not sure you’ve convinced any parents to embrace Caelin for their sons, but kudos for trying.

By: Caelin Amin

Caelin Amin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:03:59 +0000

Alright– For one thing, as obviously stated, my name is indeed Caelin. And due to certain above responses, I am currently enraged. I personally think Caelin is the best name ever — and definitely not girly. I think it definitely gives an “F off, my name is Caelin” vibe rather than a girly vibe. When I first started school, I loathed my parent’s choice in naming me. But now I’ve come to see the uniqueness in my name — but I also see it’s downfalls. Whenever a substitute teacher calls roll, she always looks in the girls’ section, and when I raise my hand, she raises her eyebrows and says, “OOH.” When I grow up, I may name my son Caelin, too, just so he knows what I’m going through. I will never have a perky, news-anchor name like Katie Couric or Anderson Cooper. Nor will it be a cool movie star name like Chun Yow Fat or Patrick Swayze. It will always make me sound like a young boy. For example, perhaps one day I will be on the news as a witness of a recent crime. The reporter would say, “Now here’s Caelin Amin who witnessed these events . . .Caelin?” You would expect to see a child with such a giddy, young-sounding name. But I would enter, a man with a full mustache, beard and unibrow, my long flowing curls braided into Viking braids, my filthy, manly stench able to knock out an impeccably groomed Fareed Zacharia. And I would just say, “What? Why are you staring like that?” Proud, with that fantastic name.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:45:42 +0000

Thank you! I had no idea …