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It's not that Cailyn looks uneducated, it just looks unoriginal amid the sea of parents who are finding it trendy, creative and 'cool' to tack on a random '-lyn' ending to an unsuspecting prefix. I honestly can't imagine a CEO of a company or a grandmother named Cailyn. (Of course, that will probably change in the upcoming years.)

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What irks me the most about the spelling 'Cailyn' is that 'cailín' is already a word, a Gaelic word pronounced 'coy-HLEEN' and meaning 'girl' (it's the word from which the anglicised 'Colleen' is derived). The only analogy I can think of would be if a person that spoke a language other than English decided to name his or her child 'Girl', but wanted to use the spelling 'Gerl', and instead of pronouncing it 'Girl', pronounced it 'Geerl'.

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While I'm not necessarily against using words for names, I prefer for the spelling to be kept in tact and for the pronunciation to be kept as in tact as possible, which understandably may vary a tad if using words/names from other languages.

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Please understand that I'm not attacking you, just stating my opinion on the name. :)

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