Kate (given name)

Kate
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Greek, 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

Last updated October 31, 2025

Kate is a feminine given name. It is often a short form of Katherine, Caitlin, and other names.

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: Katarina, Kata, Katica, Tina, Ina
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), Екатерина (Yekaterina), Катя (Katia), Катя (Katya)
Scottish Gaelic: Ceit
Serbian: Кata, Katarina
Slovak: Katka, Katarína
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 Atkinson (born 1951), English author
Kate Atkinson Bell (1907‍–‍2003), American educator
Kate Langley Bosher (1865‍–‍1932), American novelist from Virginia
Kate Cann (born 1954), English journalist and author
Kate Chopin (1850‍–‍1904), American author
Kate DiCamillo (born 1964), American children's author
Kate Elliott (born 1958), pen name of American fantasy and science fiction writer Alis A. Rasmussen
Kate Field (1838‍–‍1896), American journalist and actress
Kate Greenaway (1846‍–‍1901), English author
Kate E. Griswold (1860‍–‍1923), American editor, publisher, proprietor
Kate Simpson Hayes (1856‍–‍1945), Canadian writer, teacher, milliner, legislative librarian
Kate McMullan (born 1947), American author of children's books
Kate Millett (1934‍–‍2017), American feminist writer and activist
Kate Mosse (born 1961), English author and broadcaster
Kate Hevner Mueller (1898-1984), American psychologist and educator
Kate O'Brien (1897‍–‍1974), Irish novelist
Kate Rushin (born 1951), an American, Black lesbian poet
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), American diarist
Kate L. Turabian (1893‍–‍1987), American non-fiction writer and educator
Kate Brew Vaughn (1873‍–‍1933), American author
Kate Vitasek (born 1968), American author and educator
Kate Walker (born 1950), popular British romance writer
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 Calvin (1856‍–‍1936), American academic, first music professor at Montana State College
Kate Ceberano (born 1966), Australian jazz singer
Kate Coppola, one half of American country music duo Kate & Kacey
Kate DeAraugo (born 1985), Australian singer-songwriter and talent show contestant
Kate Guldbrandsen (born 1965), Norwegian singer
Kate Hall (born 1983), Danish and English singer
Kate Havnevik (born 1975), Norwegian singer-songwriter
Kate Maberly (born 1982), English singer-songwriter and actress
Kate Markowitz (born 1956), American singer-songwriter and backup singer
Kate McGarrigle (1946‍–‍2010), Canadian folk music singer-songwriter
Kate Miller-Heidke (born 1981), Australian singer-songwriter and actress
Moonshine Kate (1909‍–‍1992), American country and folk guitarist and banjo player
Kate Nash (born 1987), English singer-songwriter
Kate Pierson (born 1948), 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) (born 1975), Scottish singer-songwriter
Kate Voegele (born 1986), American singer-songwriter and actress
Kate Wolf (1942‍–‍1986), American folk singer-songwriter

In sport and athletics

Kate Achter, American basketball coach
Katie Allen (field hockey) (born 1974), Australian Olympic field hockey player
Kate Allen (triathlete) (born 1970), Australian triathlete
Kate Allenby (born 1974), British Modern Pentathlete
Kate Fagan (born 1981), American sports reporter
Kate Foster, (born 1985) British Olympic snowboarder
Kate Gaze (born 1990), Australian basketball player
Kate Gillou (1887‍–‍1964), French Olympic tennis player
Kate Hall (born 1997), American track & field athlete known for long jump and sprint
Kate Horne (born 1954), Canadian curler
Kate Howarth (soccer) (born 1991), American soccer player
Kate Howey (born 1973), English judoka
Kate Hwang (born 1980), American para athlete
Kate Jobson (born 1937), Swedish swimmer
Kate Kelly (camogie), Wexford camogie (a hurling variant) player
Kate Krēsliņa (born 1996), Latvian basketball player
Kate Ludik (born 1993), Mauritian badminton player
Kate Markgraf (born 1976), American soccer player
Kate Martin (born 2000), American basketball player
Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe (born 1979), New Zealand basketball player
Kate Pace (born 1969), Canadian alpine skier
Kate Reed (born 1982), British long-distance runner
Kate Richardson (gymnast) (born 1984), Canadian artistic gymnast
Kate Richardson-Walsh (born 1980), Olympic Medal winning English field hockey player
Kate Sanderson (born 2000), Canadian Olympic swimmer
Kate Shoemaker (born 1987), American Paralympic equestrian
Kate Starre (born 1971), Australian field hockey player
Kate Wilson-Smith (born 1979), Australian badminton player

In film, television and stage

Kate Adie (born 1945), English television news correspondent
Kate Arnell (born 1983), British children's TV presenter
Kate Atkinson (actress) (born 1972), Australian actress
Kate Beckinsale (born 1973), English actress
Kate Beirness (born 1984), Canadian television sportscaster
Kate Bell (Australian actress) (born 1983), Australian actress in film and television
Kate Bell (British actress) (born 1981), British actress, known for her role in the television series Grange Hill
Kate Berlant (born 1987), American comedian and actress
Cate Blanchett (born 1969), Australian actress
Kate Bolduan (born 1983), American journalist and news anchor
Kate Bosworth (born 1983), American actress
Kate Box, Australian actress
Kate Bristol (born 1990), American voice actress
Kate Burton (actress) (born 1957), British-American actress
Kate Capshaw (born 1953), American actress
Kate del Castillo (born 1972), Mexican actress
Kate Cayley, Canadian writer and theatre director
Kate Copstick, Scottish actress and director
Kate Fleming (1965–2006), American 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 Hall, American television soap opera writer
Kate Harrington (1902‍–‍1978), American actress
Kate Hennig (born 1961 or 1962), Canadian actress and playwright
Kate Henshaw (born 1961), Nigerian actress
Kate Hewlett (born 1976), Canadian actress
Kate Horn (1826–1896), Canadian stage actress and director
Kate Hudson (born 1979), American actress
Kate Humble (born 1968), British television presenter
Kate Isitt, English actress
Kate Jackson (born 1948), American actress
Catherine Kamau (born 1987), Kenyan award-winning actress popularly known as “Kate Actress”
Kate Lawler (born 1980), English television presenter and Big Brother winner
Kate Lonergan (born 1962), English actress
Kate Lushington, Canadian theatre artist and teacher
Kate Mara (born 1983), American actress
Kate McCartney, Australian comedian, actress, and producer, one of the Kates, with Kate McLennan
Kate McKinnon (born 1984), American actress and comedian
Kate McLennan (born c.1980), Australian comedian, actress, and producer
Kate Micucci (born 1980), American actress, comedian and musician
Kate Mulgrew (born 1955), American actress
Kate O'Mara (1939‍–‍2014), English actress
Kate Phillips (born 1989), English actress
Kate Ritchie (born 1978), Australian actress and radio personality
Kate Smith (presenter), Northern Irish journalist and television presenter
Kate Steinberg, American internet and television personality
Kate Sullivan (born 1976), American television show host and anchor
Kate Thornton (born 1973), English journalist and television presenter
Kate Todd (born 1987), Canadian actress
Kate Tsui (born 1979), Hong Kong actress
Kate Valdez (born 2000), Filipino actress
Kate Vernon (born 1961), Canadian actress
Kate Walsh (actress) (born 1967), American actress
Kate Walsh (businesswoman) (born 1981), British television presenter
Kate Winslet (born 1975), English actress

In politics

Katie Allen (politician) (born 1966), Australian politician
Kate Allsop, British politician
Kate Bell (trade unionist), British trade unionist and Assistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
Kate Brandt, first American Chief Sustainability Officer
Kate Brown (born 1960), American politician and attorney
Kate Dearden, British politician
Kate Foster (diplomat), British diplomat and ambassador
Kate Gallego (born 1981), American mayor of Phoenix Arizona
Kate Hoey (born 1946), British politician
Kate Kelly (politician), Idaho state senator
Kate Kelly (feminist) (born 1980), Washington, D.C. lawyer, and founder of Ordain Women
Kate Knuth (born 1981), American Politician in Minnesota
Kate Middleton (born 1982), wife of William, Prince of Wales; now Catherine, Princess of Wales
Kate Nicholl (born 1988), Northern Irish politician MLA and previous Lord Mayor of Belfast
Kate O'Beirne (1949‍–‍2017), American conservative journalist and political commentator
Kate Obenshain (born 1968), American journalist and conservative political commentator
Kate Osamor (born 1968), British Labour Party politician
Käte Selbmann (1906–1962), German teacher and politician^[1]
Käte Strobel (1907‍–‍1996), German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD)
Kate Warner (born 1948), Australian politician
Kate Elman Wilcott, Canadian politician

In fashion

Kate Bartholomew (1868-1951), American hat designer
Kate Grigorieva (born 1988), Russian supermodel
Kate Moss (born 1974), English supermodel
Kate Spade (1962‍–‍2018), American fashion designer and businesswoman
Kate Upton (born 1992), American actress and model

In science

Kate Allstadt, Geologist, seismologist of Pacific Northwest geologic hazards
Kate Ervine, Canadian political scientist
Kate Fenchel (1905‍–‍1983), German born Jewish mathematician
Kate Duval Hughes (born 1837), American inventor and author
Kate Hutton American seismologist based in California, nicknamed Earthquake Kate
Kate Marvel, American climate scientist
Kate Pickett (born 1965), British Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York
Kate Sessions (1857‍–‍1940), American botanist, horticulturalist, and landscape architect associated with San Diego

Other

Kate Allen (Amnesty International) (born 1955), director of Amnesty International UK
Kate Walker Behan (1851-1918), American club leader and philanthropist
Kate Bell (businesswoman), British businesswoman
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 Bisschop-Swift (1834‍–‍1928), Dutch painter
Kate Booth (1858‍–‍1955), English Salvationist and evangelist, eldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth
Kate Burton (aid worker) (born 1981), British aid worker who was kidnapped and released in the Gaza Strip in 2005
Kate Bushell (1983–1997), English murder victim
Kate Fay, New Zealand chef and food writer based in Auckland
Kate M. Fox American lawyer, chief justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court
Kate M. Gordon (1861‍–‍1932), American suffragist
Kate Hall (1861‍–‍1918) British museum curator
Kate Kelly (journalist) (born 1975), American journalist
Kate Kelly (outlaw) (1863‍–‍1898), sister of outlaw Ned Kelly
Kate Kelly (sculptor) (1882‍–‍1964), American-Hawaiian sculptor
Kate Manicom (1893–1937), British suffragette and trade unionist
Kate Nicholas (born 1991), Dog trainer and talent show contestant
Kate Perugini (1839‍–‍1929), English painter
Kate Serokolo, South African anti-apartheid activist
Kate Sheppard (1848‍–‍1934), New Zealand suffragist
Kate Steinitz (1889‍–‍1975), artist and scholar known as "the Mama of Dada"
Kate Stoneman (1841‍–‍1925), American suffragist and lawyer
Kate Tyrrell (1863‍–‍1921), Irish sea captain and owner of a shipping company
Katie Walker (born 1969), British furniture designer
Kate Warne (1833‍–‍1868), first female detective in the US

Fictional characters

Kate, a character from the 1989 film All Dogs Go to Heaven
Kate, a character in 1993 action/martial arts movie Showdown
Kate, one of the two main characters in the 2022 American comedy movie Sam & Kate
Kate, a character in the 2023 independent movie Close to You
Kate, the older sister of the titular character of the Australian children's series, Ferry Boat Fred
Kate, in Zookeeper film, played by Rosario Dawson
Kate Austen, on the television series Lost
Kate Beckett, the main female character on the television show Castle
Kate Beringer, a character in the Gremlins franchise
Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), a Marvel Comics character
Kate Cha, an Image Universe superhero in the comic and television series Invincible
Kate Connolly from Maggie Stiefvater's The Scorpio Races
Kate Connor, in the British soap opera Coronation Street
Kate Denson, from Dead by Daylight
Kate Denali, from the Twilight series
Kate Ditchburn, in the television comedy Blackadder II
Kate Fitzgerald, main character of the novel and film My Sister's Keeper
Kate Garcia, a character in the 2016 video game The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
Kate Hewitt, a character in the 2008 Hallmark Channel television movie The Nanny Express
Katie Holt, from Voltron: Legendary Defender
Kate Kane, the second Batwoman from DC Comics
Kate Lockley, on the television show Angel
Kate Martin matriarch in the TV soap opera All My Children
Kate McArdle, a divorced travel agent in the American sitcom Kate & Allie played by Susan Saint James
Kate McReary, in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
Kate McCallister, the main character's mother in the Home Alone franchise
Kate Mitchell, in the British soap opera EastEnders
Kate Morgan, in the television series 24
Kate Mosley, main character in Picture Perfect
Kate Murphy, a character in the comedy film Just Go with It , played by Jennifer Aniston
Kate Patrick, a character from Hollyoaks
Kate Ramsay, a character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
Kate Read, a character from Arthur
Kate Roberts, a character in the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
Kate Sacker, a character from the American television series Billions
Manhunter (Kate Spencer), a DC Comics heroine
Katherine "Kate" Summers-Stratton, a character in the American sitcom television series Silver Spoons
Kate Takenomiya, from Akira Hiramoto's Prison School
Kate Thompson, a character in the 1980 comedy film The Gods Must Be Crazy
Kate Tomten, the eldest of the Tomten kids in the children's show Noddy
Kate Walker, the central character from the video game series Syberia
Kate Pierce, one of the main characters from The Christmas Chronicles and The Christmas Chronicles 2 , played by Darby Camp

References

↑ Herbst, Andreas (2009). "Selbmann, Käte". Who Was Who in the GDR? (in German). Berlin: Ch. Links Verlag. Retrieved 2024-04-12– via Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung.

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[:0-1] Herbst, Andreas (2009). "Selbmann, Käte". Who Was Who in the GDR? (in German). Berlin: Ch. Links Verlag. Retrieved 2024-04-12– via Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung.

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