Kate (given name)
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: Кейт
- Bengali: কেট
- Bulgarian: Кейт, Катя
- Chinese Simplified: 凯特
- Chinese Traditional: 凱特
- 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
- Gujarati: કેટ
- Hawaiian: Kalena
- Hebrew: קייט
- Hindi: केट
- Hungarian: Katalin, Kata, Kati, Katalinka, Kató, Kitti
- Irish: Cáit, Ríona
- Italian: Catia, Katia, Rina
- Japanese: ケイト
- Kannada: ಕೇಟ್
- Korean: 케이트
- Lithuanian: Katrė
- Macedonian: Кејт
- Marathi: केट
- Mongolian: Кейт
- Nepali: केट
- Norwegian: Kari, Katja, Ina, Kaia, Kaja, Karen, Karin, Karina, Karine
- Persian: کیت
- Polish: Kasia, Karina
- Portuguese: Cátia, Kátia
- Punjabi: ਕੇਟ
- Russian: Кейт, Катенька, Катерина, Катя, Катя
- Serbian: Кејт
- Slovak: Katka
- Slovene: Katica, Katja
- Swedish: Cajsa, Kai, Kajsa, Katja, Carin, Carina, Ina, Kaj, Kaja, Karin, Karina
- Tamil: கேட்
- Telugu: కేట్
- Thai: เคท
- Ukrainian: Катерина
- Urdu: کیٹ
- Welsh: Cadi
- Yiddish: קייט
People
In literature
- Kate Chopin, American author
- Kate DiCamillo, American children's author
- Kate Field, American journalist and actress
- Kate Greenaway, English author
- Kate E. Griswold, American editor, publisher, proprietor
- Kate Simpson Hayes, Canadian writer, teacher, milliner, legislative librarian
- , American children's author
- Kate Millett, American feminist writer and activist
- Kate Mosse, English author and broadcaster
- Kate O'Brien , Irish novelist
- Kate Sanborn, American author, teacher, lecturer
- Kate Seelye, American journalist specializing in coverage of the Middle East
- Kate Brownlee Sherwood, American poet, journalist, translator
- Kate Stone, diarist
- Kate Tempest, British poet, spoken word artist, playwright and rapper
- Kate L. Turabian, American non-fiction writer and educator
- Kate Vitasek, American author and educator
- Kate Douglas Wiggin, American educator, author of children's stories
In music
- Kate Alexa, Australian singer
- Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter
- Kate Ceberano, Australian jazz singer
- Kate Guldbrandsen, Norwegian singer
- Kate Havnevik, Norwegian singer-songwriter
- Kate Maberly, English singer-songwriter and actress
- Kate Miller-Heidke, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
- Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter
- Kate Pierson, American singer and musician
- Kate Ryan, Belgian singer-songwriter
- Kate Rusby, English folk singer-songwriter
- Kate Smith, American singer
- Kate Taylor, American singer and songwriter
- Kate Tunstall, Scottish singer-songwriter
- Kate Voegele, American singer-songwriter and actress
- Kate Wolf, American folk singer-songwriter
Athletes
- Kate Allenby, British Modern Pentathlete
- Kate Gaze, Australian basketball player
- Kate Howarth , American soccer 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 player
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 Burton , British-American actress
- Kate Capshaw, American actress
- Kate Bristol, American voice actress
- Kate Garraway, English television and radio presenter
- Kate Gerbeau, English television presenter and newsreader
- Kate Gosselin, American television personality
- Kate Hackett, American actress
- Kate Harrington, American actress
- Kate Henshaw, Nigerian actress
- Kate Hewlett, Canadian actress
- Kate Hudson, American actress
- Kate Humble, British television presenter
- Kate Isitt, English actress
- Kate Jackson, American actress
- Kate Lawler, English television presenter and Big Brother winner
- Kate Maberly, English actress
- Kate Mara, American actress
- Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian
- Kate Mulgrew, American actress
- Kate O'Mara, English actress
- Kate Ritchie, Australian actress and radio personality
- 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 Smith, Northern Irish journalist and television presenter
- Kate Thornton, English journalist and television presenter
- Kate Tsui, Hong Kong actress
- Kate Vernon, Canadian actress
- Kate Walsh , American actress
- Kate Walsh , British television presenter
- Kate Winslet, English actress
Other
- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; formerly Kate Middleton
- Kate Bisschop-Swift, Dutch painter
- Kate Booth, English Salvationist and evangelist, eldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth
- Big Nose Kate, 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 Grigorieva, Russian supermodel
- Kate Lushington, Canadian theatre artist and teacher
- Kate Moss, English supermodel
- Kate Osamor, British Labour Party politician
- Kate Scow, US professor of soil science and microbial ecology
- Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragette
- Kate Spade, American designer and businesswoman
- Kate Tyrrell, 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, 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, in the TV series 24' and the movie 24: Live Another Day
- Manhunter, 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" Episode: "Curtain Call"