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Kate

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Kate: English, diminutive of Katherine Meaning of Kate: "pure" Kate's Popularity in 2012: #194
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Kate, in the headlines via Catherine Middleton, has been as pervasive as Kathy was in the 1950s and 1960s, both as a nickname for Katherine and Kaitlyn and as a strong, classic stand-alone name. Kate has an image that's independent, smart, and energetic, recalling Kate Hepburn, the heroine of The Taming of the Shrew/Kiss Me Kate, and contemporary Kates Winslet, Hudson, Moss, Spade and Beckinsale.

Cate Blanchette has helped popularize that spelling of the name.

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Famous People Named Kate

Catherine "Kate" Bosworth, American actress
Kathrin "Kate" Beckinsale, English actress
Catherine "Kate" Bush, English singer-songwriter
Kathleen "Kate" Capshaw, American actress
Katherine "Kate" Chopin, American author
Katrina "Kate" DiCamillo, American author
Kate Gosselin, American TV personality
Kate Hudson, American actress
Kate Mara, actress and sister of Rooney Mara
Kathleen "Kate" O'Brien, Irish novelist
Kate O'Toole, Irish actress
Catherine "Kate" Pierson, American singer
Kate Spade, American fashion designer
Kate Tunstall, Scottish singer-songwriter
Katherine "Kate" Upton, American supermodel
Kathleen "Kate" Walsh, American actress
Kate Winslet, English actress
Catherine "Kate" Middleton, wife of Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge
Kate McKinnon, American Actress and Comedienne
Mary-Kate Olsen, American actress; twin sister to Ashley Olsen

Pop Culture References for the Name Kate

'Kiss Me Kate', a Broadway musical
Katherine "Kate" Austen, character from television series LOST
Kate, a young adult novel by Valerie Sherrard
Kate, a song by Ben Folds Five
Kate Wetherall, character in the novel 'The Mysterious Benedict Society'
Kate Connolly, character in Maggie Stiefvater's novel 'The Scorpio Races'
Kate, a text editor for KDE
Kate Bettany, main character from british television show "Bedlam"

Nicknames & Variations for Kate

Cait, Caitie, Cate, Catee, Catey, Catie, Kait, Kaite, Kaitlin, Kata, Katee, Katey, Kathe, Kati, Katica, Katie, Katka, Katy, Katya

Kate's International Variations

Katja, Käethe (German) Cáit (Irish Gaelic) Ceit (Scottish Gaelic)

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Anna, Nora, Willa, Caroline, Claire, Clara, Frances, Grace, Gracie, Jane, Maeve, Cole, Liam, Oliver

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