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Kate (given name)

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Gender
  
Female

Meaning
  
pure

Kate (given name)

Word/name
  
Latin, French, English, Welsh

Related names
  
Katherine Catherine Kathryn Kathleen Katarina Katrina Kait Caitlin Caitríona Caterina Cate Catie Caty Katie Katy Katey Katia Catia Katia

Kate is a feminine given name and nickname. It is a short form of multiple feminine names, most notably Katherine but also Caitlin and others.

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Translations and variations

  • Arabic: كيت
  • Belarusian: Кейт (Kiejt)
  • Bengali: কেট (Kēṭa)
  • Bulgarian: Кейт (Keĭt), Katerina
  • Chinese Simplified: 凯特 (Kǎitè)
  • Chinese Traditional: 凱特 (Kǎitè)
  • Croatian: Ina, Kata, Katica, Tina
  • Czech: Katka
  • Danish: Katja, Trine, Caja, Ina, Kaja, Karen, Karin, Karina
  • Dutch: Cato, Ina, Katinka, Katja, Rina, Tina, Trijntje, Karin, Tineke
  • English: Kat, Kathi, Kathie, Kathy, Kay, Kit, Kitty, Kae, Kaye, Katey, Katie, Katy, Kayla, Kaety, Katee, Kaylee, Kayleen, Kaylyn, Kaytie
  • Estonian: Kaisa, Kati, Riina, Triinu
  • Finnish: Kaija, Kaisa, Kata, Kati, Katri, Riina, Kaarina, Karin
  • Georgian: Eka
  • German: Cathrin, Catrin, Ina, Käthe, Kathrin, Katinka, Katja, Karen, Karin, Karina
  • Greek: Καίτη (Kaíti̱)
  • Gujarati: કેટ (Kēṭa)
  • Hawaiian: Kalena
  • Hebrew: קייט
  • Hindi: केट (Kēṭa)
  • Hungarian: Katalin, Kata, Kati, Katalinka, Kató, Kitti
  • Irish: Cáit, Ríona
  • Italian: Catia, Katia, Rina
  • Japanese: ケイト (Keito)
  • Kannada: ಕೇಟ್ (Kēṭ)
  • Korean: 케이트 (Keiteu)
  • Lithuanian: Katrė
  • Macedonian: Кејт (Kejt)
  • Marathi: केट (Kēṭa)
  • Mongolian: Кейт (Kyeit)
  • Nepali: केट (Kēṭa)
  • Norwegian: Kari, Katja, Ina, Kaia, Kaja, Karen, Karin, Karina, Karine
  • Persian: کیت
  • Polish: Kasia, Karina
  • Portuguese: Cátia, Kátia
  • Punjabi: ਕੇਟ (Kēṭa)
  • Russian: Кейт (Keyt), Катенька (Katenka), Катерина (Katerina), Катя (Katia), Катя (Katya)
  • Serbian: Кејт (Kejt)
  • Slovak: Katka
  • Slovene: Katica, Katja
  • Swedish: Cajsa, Kai, Kajsa, Katja, Carin, Carina, Ina, Kaj, Kaja, Karin, Karina
  • Tamil: கேட் (Kēṭ)
  • Telugu: కేట్ (Kēṭ)
  • Thai: เคท (Kheth)
  • Ukrainian: Катерина (Kateryna)
  • Urdu: کیٹ
  • Welsh: Cadi
  • Yiddish: קייט (Qyyt)
  • In literature

  • Kate Chopin, American author
  • Kate DiCamillo, American author of Because of Winn-Dixie
  • Kate Field, founder of Kate Field's Washington, a weekly journal, in 1889
  • Kate Millett, American feminist writer and activist
  • Kate Mosse, English author and broadcaster
  • Kate O'Brien (novelist), Irish novelist
  • Kate Seelye, American journalist specializing in coverage of the Middle East
  • Kate Tempest, British poet, spoken word artist, playwright and rapper
  • Kate L. Turabian, American non-fiction writer
  • In music

  • Kate Alexa, Australian singer
  • Kate Bush, English singer
  • Kate Ceberano, Australian jazz singer
  • Kate Guldbrandsen, Norwegian singer
  • Kate Havnevik, Norwegian singer and songwriter
  • Kate Maberly, English singer and songwriter
  • Kate Miller-Heidke, Australian singer and songwriter
  • Kate Nash (born 1987), English singer and songwriter
  • Kate Pierson, American singer and musician with The B-52's
  • Kate Ryan (born Katrien Verbeeck), Belgian singer
  • Kate Rusby, English singer and songwriter
  • Kate Smith, American singer, best known for her performances of "God Bless America"
  • Kate Tunstall (known as KT Tunstall), Scottish singer
  • Kate Voegele, American singer
  • Kate Wolf, American singer
  • Athletes

  • Kate Gaze, Australian basketball player
  • Kate Howey, English judoka
  • Kate Jobson, Swedish swimmer
  • Kate Markgraf, American soccer player
  • Kate Reed, British long-distance runner
  • Kate Starre, Australian field hockey midfielder
  • In film and television

  • Kate Adie, English television news correspondent
  • Kate Beckinsale, English actress
  • Kate Beirness, Canadian television sportscaster
  • Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
  • Kate Bosworth, American actress
  • Kate Capshaw, American actress
  • Kate Bristol, American voice actress
  • Kate Gerbeau, English television presenter and newsreader
  • Kate Gosselin (born 1975), American television personality
  • Kate Harrington, American actress
  • Kate Hewlett, Canadian actress
  • Kate Hudson, American actress
  • Kate Isitt, English actress
  • Kate Jackson, American actress
  • Kate Lawler (born 1980), English television presenter and Big Brother winner
  • Kate Maberly, English actress
  • Kate Mara, American television and film actress
  • Kate O'Mara, English actress
  • Kate Ritchie, Australian actress (ex-Home and Away)
  • Kate Sissons, English actress and the daughter of BBC newsreader Peter Sissons
  • Kate Smith, Australian theatrical star, 2006/2007 Wheel Of Fortune co-hostess
  • Kate Thornton (born 1973), English journalist and television presenter.
  • Kate Tsui, Hong Kong actress
  • Kate Walsh (actress), American actress, best known as Addison Montgomery in "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice"
  • Kate Walsh (presenter) (born 1981), British television presenter
  • Kate Winslet (born 1975), English actress
  • Other

  • Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
  • Kate Bisschop-Swift, Dutch painter
  • Kate Booth, Salvation Army evangelist and eldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth
  • Big Nose Kate (1850-1940), Hungarian-born prostitute and longtime companion and common-law wife of Old West gunfighter Doc Holliday, born Mary Katherine Horony
  • Kate M. Gordon, American suffragette
  • Kate Moss, English supermodel
  • Kate Sheppard, the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement
  • Kate Grigorieva, Russian supermodel
  • Fictional characters

  • Kate Austen, on the TV series Lost played by Evangeline Lilly
  • Baby Kate, a character from the TV series Arthur
  • Kate Baker, in the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen and Cheaper by the Dozen 2
  • Kissin' Kate Barlow, outlaw in the novel Holes and its film adaption
  • Kate Beckett, the main female character on the TV show Castle
  • Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), member of Marvel Comics' Young Avengers
  • Kate Ditchburn, in the TV comedy Blackadder II
  • Kate Houghton, in the film Looney Tunes: Back in Action, played by Jenna Elfman
  • Kate Jones, Sydney Bristow's alias in the TV show Alias
  • Kate Kerwin, on the TV show Degrassi: The Next Generation
  • Kate Lockley, on the TV show Angel
  • Kate McArdle, one of the main characters in the TV show Kate & Allie, played by Susan Saint James
  • Kate "Mac" McCaffrey, in the Android: Netrunner universe
  • Kate McCallister, in the Home Alone franchise
  • Kate McReary, in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
  • Kate Monster, the main female character in the Broadway show Avenue Q
  • Kate Morgan (24 character), in the TV series 24' and the movie 24: Live Another Day
  • Manhunter (Kate Spencer), a DC Comics heroine
  • Kate Stevens, in the American comic strip Captain Kate (1967-1972)
  • Kate Wetherall, one of the main characters in the novel Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
  • Kate Roberts DiMera, on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
  • Kate, a wolf character in the animated film Alpha and Omega, voiced by Hayden Panetierre
  • Kate, the unseen protagonist of the freeware video game Slender: The Eight Pages
  • Kate de Vries, protagonist from Kenneth Oppel's Airborn
  • References

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