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I'm not really fond of the name, since there are at least 155 ways to spell it (http://www.namenerds.com/irish/Katelyn.html). If it's going to be used, I far prefer the original spelling Caitlin. The name, and the spelling, seem rather youthful and out of place on a 65-year-old. It's one thing for a name to be an outlier, like a woman that age named Jennifer or Nicole, but the name Caitlyn, with that spelling, simply wasn't used on anyone that far back. She shouldn't have to choose a name really tied to her birth generation, like Barbara or Susan, but it shouldn't be at the opposite extreme either. Something timeless and ageless, like Katherine or Victoria, would've worked well.

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