Very strange names for children

I remember getting a list of names sent to me when DGD was expected and they had an unrecognisable name amongst them. Turned out it was a Gaelic spelling of Katie ... it wasn't my favourite name but I did say they would be better with plain Katie (or maybe K80???) to give us all a chance if that was the chosen name!

Happily another name was chosen.

When I was a student I used to babysit regularly for a mum called Gennifer-with-a-G. She always said it like that when telling her name, otherwise people would spell it with a J. Her first child was called Kate but people joked that it was Kate-with-a-Qu. It was quite a posh family. Nice people though and they always fed me well and gave me a room in their house overnight cos they were a bit out from Dundee.

What an odd choice of spelling, mind I've tried to find out where my Aunt's name came from and haven't managed to find out apart from its Welsh, she was called Gwlythyn as was my eldest sister. Always pronounced Gly thyn, I had a terrible time when my Aunt was in a nursing home with Alzheimers they would insist on calling her Gwill no wonder she was confused.
If anyone else has heard of it or can find a meaning I'd love to hear it.

Silly.. like a.word.puzzle. Margaret would be MR gr8 I suppose.

So it's pronounced Caitlin ?
Who would know. Ridiculous!

Oooh! So I can! Never thought of that......blame my Sunday lunch!

That means that you can be KVIIIk or K8k