Kate (given name)

Kate

Catherine of Alexandria, by Carlo Crivelli
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Latin, French, English, Welsh, Irish
Meaning	pure
Other names
Related names	Katherine Katharine Catherine Kathryn Kathleen Katarina Katrina Kait Caitlin Caitríona Caterina Katerina Cate Catie Cathie Caty Katie Katy Katey Katia Catia Katia

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

Translations and variations

• Arabic: كيت
• Belarusian: Каця (Katsia), Кацярына (Katsiaryna)
• Bengali: কেট (Kēṭa)
• Bulgarian: Кейт (Keĭt), Катя (Katya)
• Chinese Simplified: 凯特 (Kǎitè)
• Chinese Traditional: 凱特 (Kǎitè)
• Croatian: Ina, Kata, Katica, Tina
• Czech: Katka, Kateřina, Kačka, Káťa, Kačenka, Káča, Kačí, Kačena
• Danish: Katja, Trine, Caja, Ina, Kaja, Karen, Karin, Karina
• Dutch: Kato, Cato, Ina, Katinka, Katja, Kaat, 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, Keit, 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)

People

In literature

• Kate Chopin (1850–1904), American author
• Kate DiCamillo (born 1964), American children's author
• Kate Field (1838–1896), American journalist and actress
• Kate Greenaway (1846–1901), English author
• Kate E. Griswold (c. 1869-?), American editor, publisher, proprietor
• Kate the Idiosyncratic (born 1994), Hongkongnese writer
• Kate Simpson Hayes (1856-1945), Canadian writer, teacher, milliner, legislative librarian
• Kate Klise(born 1963), American children's author
• Kate Millett (1934–2017), American feminist writer and activist
• Kate Mosse (born 1961), English author and broadcaster
• Kate O'Brien (novelist) (1897–1974), Irish novelist
• Kate Sanborn (1839–1917), American author, teacher, lecturer
• Kate Seelye, American journalist specializing in coverage of the Middle East
• Kate Brownlee Sherwood (1841-1914), American poet, journalist, translator
• Kate Stone (1841–1907), diarist
• Kate Tempest (born 1985), British poet, spoken word artist, playwright and rapper
• Kate L. Turabian (1893–1987), American non-fiction writer and educator
• Kate Vitasek (born 1968), American author and educator
• Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923), American educator, author of children's stories

In music

• Kate Alexa (born 1988), Australian singer
• Kate Bush (born 1958), English singer-songwriter
• Kate Ceberano (born 1966), Australian jazz singer
• Kate Guldbrandsen (born 1965), Norwegian singer
• Kate Havnevik (born 1975), Norwegian singer-songwriter
• Kate Maberly (born 1982), English singer-songwriter and actress
• Kate Miller-Heidke (born 1981), Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• Kate Nash (born 1987), English singer-songwriter
• Kate Pierson (born 1958), American singer and musician
• Kate Ryan (born 1980), Belgian singer-songwriter
• Kate Rusby (born 1973), English folk singer-songwriter
• Kate Smith (1907–1986), American singer
• Kate Taylor (born 1949), American singer and songwriter
• Kate Tunstall (known as KT Tunstall), Scottish singer-songwriter
• Kate Voegele (born 1986), American singer-songwriter and actress
• Kate Wolf (1942–1986), American folk singer-songwriter

Athletes

• Kate Allenby (born 1974), British Modern Pentathlete
• Kate Gaze (born 1990), Australian basketball player
• Kate Howarth (soccer) (born 1991), American soccer player
• Kate Howey (born 1973), English judoka
• Kate Jobson (born 1937), Swedish swimmer
• Kate Markgraf (born 1976), American soccer player
• Kate Reed (born 1982), British long-distance runner
• Kate Starre (born 1971), Australian field hockey player

In film and television

• Kate Adie (born 1945), English television news correspondent
• Kate Beckinsale (born 1973), English actress
• Kate Beirness (born 1984), Canadian television sportscaster
• Cate Blanchett (born 1969), Australian actress
• Kate Bosworth (born 1983), American actress
• Kate Burton (actress) (born 1957), British-American actress
• Kate Capshaw (born 1953), American actress
• Kate Bristol (born 1990), American voice actress
• Kate Garraway (born 1967), English television and radio presenter
• Kate Gerbeau (born 1968), English television presenter and newsreader
• Kate Gosselin (born 1975), American television personality
• Kate Hackett, American actress
• Kate Harrington (1902–1978), American actress
• Kate Henshaw (born 1961), Nigerian actress
• Kate Hewlett (born 1976), Canadian actress
• Kate Hudson (born 1979), American actress
• Kate Humble (born 1968), British television presenter
• Kate Isitt (born 1965), English actress
• Kate Jackson (born 1948), American actress
• Kate Lawler (born 1980), English television presenter and Big Brother winner
• Kate Maberly (born 1982), English actress
• Kate Mara (born 1983), American actress
• Kate McKinnon (born 1984), American actress and comedian
• Kate Mulgrew (born 1955), American actress
• Kate O'Mara (1939–2014), English actress
• Kate Ritchie (born 1978), Australian actress and radio personality
• Kate Smith, Australian theatrical star, 2006/2007 Wheel Of Fortune co-hostess
• Kate Smith (presenter), Northern Irish journalist and television presenter
• Kate Thornton (born 1973), English journalist and television presenter
• Kate Tsui (born 1979), Hong Kong actress
• Kate Vernon (born 1961), Canadian actress
• Kate Walsh (actress) (born 1967), American actress
• Kate Walsh (presenter) (born 1981), British television presenter
• Kate Winslet (born 1975), English actress
• Kate Moss, UK actress and model
• Kate Upton, UK actress and model

Other

• Kate Warner, Australian politician
• Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (born 1982), wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; formerly Kate Middleton
• Kate Bisschop-Swift (1834–1928), Dutch painter
• Kate Booth (1858–1955), English Salvationist and evangelist, 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 (1861–1932), American suffragette
• Kate Grigorieva (born 1989), Russian supermodel
• Kate Lushington, Canadian theatre artist and teacher
• Kate Moss (born 1974), English supermodel
• Kate Osamor (born 1968), British Labour Party politician
• Kate Scow, US professor of soil science and microbial ecology
• Kate Sheppard (1848–1934), New Zealand suffragette
• Kate Spade (1962–2018), American designer and businesswoman
• Kate Tyrrell (1863–1921), Irish sea captain and owner of a shipping company

Fictional characters

• Kate Austen, on the TV series Lost played by Evangeline Lilly
• Kate Beckett, the main female character on the TV show Castle
• Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), member of Marvel Comics' Young Avengers
• Kate Connor in the British soap opera Coronation Street
• Kate Fiztgerald, main character of novel and film My Sister's Keeper, where she has had acute lypmphoblastic leukemia.
• Kate Ditchburn, in the TV comedy Blackadder II
• Kate Lockley, on the TV show Angel
• Kate Marsh, in the video game Life Is Strange
• Kate McReary, in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
• Kate Mitchell in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Kate Morgan (24 character), in the TV series 24' and the movie 24: Live Another Day
• Manhunter (Kate Spencer), a DC Comics heroine
• Kate Roberts DiMera, on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives.
• Kate Tomten, the eldest of the Tomten kids in the children's show Noddy.
• Kate from All Dogs Go to Heaven
• Kate Connolly from Maggie Stiefvater's “The Scorpio Races”
• Kate Takenomiya from Akira Hiramoto's "Prison School"
• Katie Holt from “Voltron - Legendary Defender”
• Kate Denson from "Dead by Daylight" (Videogame) Episode: "Curtain Call"
• Kate Denali from "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyers