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OK, the moment I saw Cateline, I thought cat-a-LEEN (like the French way you mentioned, but I hadn't read that far yet), closer to like Catalin than Caitlin. I wouldn't pronounce it Caitlin at all, though maybe if you dropped the E off the end. You'd probably get lots of people saying Kate-leen or Kate-line.

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I don't mind Caitlin, but it is really common and I'm not too keen on the name Lyn, anyway. I know at least three with these spellings: Caitlin, Caitlyn and Kaytlyn. The last one detests her name and goes by Kayt (ie Kate). My favourite spelling is Caitlin.