Kate (given name)
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| Kate | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/Name | Latin, French, English, Welsh |
| Meaning | pure, blessed |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Katherine Catherine Kathryn Kathleen Katarina Katrina Caitlin Caitríona Caterina Cate Catie Caty Katie Katy Katey Katia Catia |
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Kate is a feminine given name. It is a short form of Katherine.[1][2] The name comes from Latin, French, English, and Welsh origins. The name literally means either 'pure' or 'blessed', used in different contexts. It may refer to:
[edit] People
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 O'Brien, Irish novelist
- Kate Seelye, American journalist specializing in coverage of the Middle East
- 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
In sports:
- Kate Howey, English judoka
- Kate Markgraf, American soccer player
- Kate Reed, British long-distance runner
- Kate Starre, Australian field hockey midfielder
In television and film:
- Kate Adie, English television news correspondent
- Kate Beckinsale, English actress
- Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
- Kate Bosworth, American actress
- Kate Capshaw, American 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 O'Mara, English actress
- Kate Oxley, American voice actress
- Kate Ritchie, Australian actress (ex-Home & Away)
- Kate Sissons, English RADA-trained actress and the daughter of BBC newsreader Peter Sissons
- Kate Smith, Australian theatrical star, 2006/2007 Wheel Of Fortune co-hostess
- 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
In other fields:
- Kate Booth, Salvation Army evangelist and eldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth
- The Duchess of Cambridge (née Catherine "Kate" Middleton), wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
- Kate Moss, English supermodel
- Kate Sheppard, the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement
[edit] Fictional characters
- Kate Austen, a character played by Evangeline Lilly in the TV series Lost
- Kissin' Kate Barlow, outlaw in the novel Holes
- Kate Bishop, member of Marvel Comics' Young Avengers, and the second person to use the alias Hawkeye
- Kate Ditchburn, a character in the TV comedy Blackadder II
- Kate Jones, Sydney Bristow's alias in the TV show Alias
- Kate Kerwin, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Kate Lockley, a character in the TV show Angel
- Kate Monster, the main female character in the Broadway show, Avenue Q
- Kate Wetherall, one of the main characters in the Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
- Kate Roberts DiMera, a character on the American soap opera Days of our Lives
- Kate Beckett, the main female character on the TV show, Castle
[edit] References
- ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Kate
- ^ Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, p.154.
