Some famous people who were named Kate

Kate is a given name or nickname, and may refer to :

(Kate is often a shortened version of the name Katelyn, Catherine/Katherine, Katarina, Katrina, Caitriona (cah-tree-on-ah))

In fiction:

Kate Ditchburn, one of the first characters to appear in Blackadder II
Kate Austen, character played by Evangeline Lilly in the TV series Lost
Kate Lockley, a character of the TV show Angel
Kate Monster, the main female character in the Broadway show, Avenue Q
music:

Kate Bush, English singer
Kate Guldbrandsen, Eurovision contestant
Kate Havnevik, Norwegian singer and songwriter from Oslo
Kate Nash, English musical artist
Kate Wolf, American singer
In television and film:

Kate Beckinsale, English actress
Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
Kate Bosworth, American actress
Kate Capshaw, American actress
Kate Gerbeau, British television presenter and newsreader
Kate Hewlett, Canadian actress
Kate Hudson, American actress and daughter of Goldie Hawn
Kate Sissons, British RADA-trained actress and the daughter of BBC newsreader Peter Sissons
Kate Winslet, English actress
In feminism:

Kate Millett, American feminist writer and activist
Kate Sheppard, the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement
In literature:

Kate Chopin an author from the late 19th century
Kate L. Turabian, graduate school dissertation secretary at the University of Chicago from 1930 to 1958
Kate Seelye, journalist specializing in coverage of the Middle East
In modeling:

Kate Moss, English supermodel
Kate Ground, adult Internet model
In other fields:

Kate Booth, the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth
Kate Markgraf, soccer player who belongs to the United States women's national soccer team
Kate Starre, Australian field hockey midfielder
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Meaning and origin of Kate

Origin: English

Meaning: A diminutive of Katherine: Pure.


Origin: French

Meaning: Diminutive of Catherine: Pure, clear. Form of the Latin Katharina, from the Greek Aikaterina.


Origin: Greek

Meaning: Pure.


Origin: Irish

Meaning: Diminutive of Katherine: Pure. Clear. From the Gaelic form Caitlin.


Origin: Latin

Meaning: Diminutive of Catherine: Pure, clear. Form of the Latin 'Katharina', from the Greek 'Aikaterina'. It was borne by a number of saints, including St Catherine of Alexandria, a 4th century martyr who suffered torture on a spiked wheel.
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Meaning and origin of Kate

The girl's name Kate \k(a)-te\. Short form of Katherine, also used as an independent name. Writer Kate Chopin; actresses Kate Capshaw, Kate Jackson, Kate Nelligan, Kate Hudson, Kate Beckinsale, Kate Winslet; German artist Kaethe Kollwitz; designer Kate Spade; model Kate Moss.

Kate has 15 variant forms: Cait, Caitie, Cate, Catee, Catey, Catie, Kaethe, Kait, Kaite, Kaitlin, Katee, Katey, Kathe, Kati and Katie.

For more information, see also the related name Catherine.

Baby names that sound like Kate are Kade, Katy, Kata, Kat and Katt.

Kate is a very popular female first name and a popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
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Meaning and origin of Kate

Kate
Celtic
Female
Pure, Virginal
Meaning & Origin
Kate is a Celtic girl name.
The meaning of the name is `Pure, Virginal `.
Where is it used?
The name Kate is mainly used in English.
How do they say it elsewhere?
Caitlin (In Irish and in English)
Cate (In English)
Kara (In English)
Karen (In Danish and in English)
It is an abbreviated form o
Katherine, used in English.
If it's too long people might use
In Hungarian: Katalin
See also
In Welsh: Catrin
In Swedish and in Finnish: Karin
In Swedish: Kajsa
In Spanish: Catalina
In Spanish: Catherina
In Scandinavian: Kaia
In Russian and in Bulgarian: Ekaterina
In Romanian: Ecaterina
In Polish: Katarzyna (F)
In Norwegian: Kari
In Jewish: Reina
In Italian and in Portuguese: Catarina
In Italian and in Catalan: Caterina
In Irish and in Scottish: Catriona
In Irish: Caitria
In Greek: Aikaterine
In German, Swedish, Hungarian, Croatian and in Serbian: Katarina
In German and in English: Katharine
In German, Danish, Dutch and in Polish: Katrine
In German: Katja
In German: Katarine
In German: Käthe
In German: Katharina
In Finnish: Kaisa
In Finnish: Katariina
In English and in French: Catherine
In English: Kathi
In English: Kathy
In English: Kathryn
In English: Kathie
In English: Katherina
In English: Kitty
In English: Cathryn
In English: Katy (F)
In English: Katie (F)
In English: Katee (F)
In English: Kat
In English: Kaety (F)
In English: Kit
In Dutch: Katrien
In Czech: Katerina
In Breton: Katarin
In Other languages: Khara
Stastics
The name Kate was given to 2035 babies in the USA in 2004. Kate was the number 353 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 2196 babies making it the number 147 name that year.
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