Caoilte: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Caoilte – Meaning: slender – Origin: Irish – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: KWEEL-tyuh


Caoilte is an Irish boy's name meaning “slender”. It appears in our list of 175+ Celtic Mythology Baby Names — Wild, Poetic, and Wonderfully Untamed.

Meaning & Origin of Caoilte

Meaning: Slender.

Origin: Irish.

How to Pronounce Caoilte

Phonetic: KWEEL-tyuh   IPA: /ˈkwiːlʲ.tʲə/

Popularity of Caoilte

Caoilte doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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