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VariantsCat, Cathie, Cathy, Kat, Kathi, Kathie, Kathy, Kay, Kaye, Kit, Kittie, Kitty, Cate, Kae (English) Kata, Katica, Tina (Croatian)
Other Languages & CulturesKaterina (Albanian) Aikaterine (Ancient Greek) Katalin, Kattalin (Basque) Katsiaryna, Karyna (Belarusian) Katarin, Katell (Breton) Katina, Ekaterina, Katerina, Katia, Katya (Bulgarian) Caterina (Catalan) Catalina (Corsican) Kateřina, Karin, Katka (Czech) Cathrine, Catrine, Katarina, Kathrine, Katrine, Caja, Ina, Kaja, Karen, Karin, Karina, Katharina, Katja, Trine (Danish) Catharina, Katrien, Katrijn, Cato, Ina, Karin, Katinka, Katja, Nine, Rina, Rini, Riny, Tina, Tineke, Trijntje (Dutch) Kadri, Katariina, Kätlin, Katrin, Kadi, Kai, Kaia, Kaidi, Kaie, Kaisa, Kaja, Karin, Kati, Riin, Riina, Triin, Triinu (Estonian) Katariina, Katriina, Iina, Kaarina, Kaija, Kaisa, Karin, Kata, Kati, Katja, Katri, Riina (Finnish) Katelijn, Katelijne (Flemish) Catherine, Carine, Karine, Katia (French) Niene, Nienke, Nine, Nynke (Frisian) Catarina, Catuxa (Galician) Eka, Ekaterine (Georgian) Katharina, Katherina, Katrin, Cathrin, Catrin, Ina, Karen, Karin, Karina, Katarina, Katarine, Katharine, Käthe, Kathrin, Katinka, Katja (German) Katerina, Katina, Aikaterini, Ekaterini, Kaiti, Keti (Greek) Kakalina, Kalena (Hawaiian) Kateri (History) Katalin, Kata, Katalinka, Kati, Katica, Katinka, Kató, Kitti (Hungarian) Katrín, Karen (Icelandic) Caitlín, Caitlin, Caitríona, Cathleen, Catriona, Kathleen, Katriona, Cáit, Caitria, Ríona, Tríona (Irish) Caterina, Catia, Katia, Katiuscia, Rina (Italian) Katerina (Late Roman) Katrīna, Keita, Karīna, Karina, Ketija, Kitija (Latvian) Kotryna, Katrė (Lithuanian) Katerina, Katina, Ekaterina (Macedonian) Cateline (Medieval French) Kataraina (Māori) Cathrine, Catrine, Katarina, Kathrine, Katrine, Ina, Kaia, Kaja, Karen, Kari, Karin, Karina, Karine, Katharina, Katja (Norwegian) Catarina (Occitan) Katarzyna, Karina, Kasia (Polish) Catarina, Cátia (Portuguese) Cătălina, Catina, Catrinel, Ecaterina (Romanian) Ekaterina, Jekaterina, Karina, Katenka, Katerina, Katia, Katya, Katyusha, Yekaterina (Russian) Caderina (Sardinian) Catrina, Catriona, Katrina, Katriona (Scottish) Caitrìona (Scottish Gaelic) Katarina (Serbian) Katarína, Karin, Katka (Slovak) Katarina, Ina, Inja, Kaja, Karin, Katica, Katja (Slovene) Katarina (Sorbian) Catalina, Karina, Lina (Spanish) Katalina, Katiuska (Spanish (Latin American)) Cathrine, Catrine, Katarina, Katrin, Cajsa, Carin, Carina, Catharina, Ina, Kaja, Kajsa, Karin, Karina, Katharina, Katja, Tina (Swedish) Karyna, Kateryna, Katia, Katya (Ukrainian) Catrin, Cadi (Welsh)
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Depiction of Kate from Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew', by artist Edward Robert Hughes (1898)Depiction of Kate from Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew', by artist Edward Robert Hughes (1898)
Sources & References
- Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford, 1990, page 188.
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