KATIE  

Gender: F
Origin: English, diminutive of KATHERINE
Meaning: "pure"

Popularity in 2008: #128

Friendly mega-popular short form of Katherine that has definitively replaced Kathy, and it's increasingly being given on its own.

Katie is being discussed in our message boards:

• Poll: Once a Nickname... Always a Nickname???
• Names in Your Child's Class/Daycare/Playgroup
• An Aversion To "Y"
• I'm going to go insane! Nn for Charlotte
• narrowing my list...need help

Read Nameberry blog posts about Katie:

• THE CUTEST CELEBRITY BABY NAMES
• WHO ARE THE MOST POPULAR ENGLISH GIRLS?
• MIDDLE NAMES: The Strange, The Ordinary, and The Embarrassing
• ROYAL STARBABIES: Hollywood's Little Princes and Princesses
• HELLO DOLLY: Names from the Doll World