Meaning and background
The story behind Catelyn
Catelyn has a clear screen association through Catelyn Stark in Game of Thrones. HBO's own cast material pairs the character with Michelle Fairley, within the fantasy series adapted from George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. That documents a specific fictional namesake for the spelling. It leaves the older linguistic history of Catelyn, and any relationship to similarly spelled given names, unestablished here.
- Association
- Fictional namesake: Catelyn Stark in HBO's Game of Thrones, portrayed by Michelle Fairley. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Catelyn appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
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