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Kate
say it kayt
What Kate means
- English and Greek short form of Catherine, long linked with 'pure' debated Christian saint: form of Catherine; Catherine of Alexandria
How popular it is
Its use is falling over the last ten years.
- no. 17 in Ireland (2017)
- no. 141 in Northern Ireland (2025)
- no. 159 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
- no. 245 in Australia (2024)
- no. 309 in New Zealand (2023)
- no. 488 in the US (2024)
- no. 531 in Austria (2020)
- no. 560 in Chile (2021)
In the United States it was most popular around 1880.
Other forms
Names with a similar meaning
Lily Ines Phoebe Agnes Catalina Bianca Fatima Kayla Kaia Katie Lian Katherine
Kate in stories
- Life Is Strange: Kate Marsh, the gentle student Max must save
- Batwoman: Kate Kane, Batwoman
- Hawkeye: Kate Bishop, Hawkeye
- Bridgerton: Kate Sheffield, who marries Anthony
- Bridgerton: Kate Sharma, the viscountess who marries Anthony
- Lost: Kate Austen, the fugitive survivor