Kate (given name) explained
Kate is a feminine given name, and a short form of the names Katherine, 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), 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 Langley Bosher (18651932), American novelist from Virginia
- Kate Cann (born 1954), English journalist and author
- Kate Chopin (18501904), 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 (18381896), American journalist and actress
- Kate Greenaway (18461901), English author
- Kate E. Griswold (18601923), American editor, publisher, proprietor
- Kate Simpson Hayes (18561945), Canadian writer, teacher, milliner, legislative librarian
- Kate McMullan (born 1947), American author of children's books
- Kate Millett (19342017), American feminist writer and activist
- Kate Mosse (born 1961), English author and broadcaster
- Kate O'Brien (18971974), Irish novelist
- Kate Rushin (born 1951), an American, Black lesbian poet
- Kate Sanborn (18391917), American author, teacher, lecturer
- Kate Seelye, American journalist specializing in coverage of the Middle East
- Kate Brownlee Sherwood (18411914), American poet, journalist, translator
- Kate Stone (18411907), American diarist
- Kate L. Turabian (18931987), American non-fiction writer and educator
- Kate Brew Vaughn (18731933), American author
- Kate Vitasek (born 1968), American author and educator
- Kate Walker (born 1950), popular British romance writer
- Kate Douglas Wiggin (18561923), American educator, author of children's stories
In music
- Kate Alexa (born 1988), Australian singer
- Kate Bush (born 1958), English singer-songwriter
- Kate Calvin (18561936), 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 (19462010), Canadian folk music singer-songwriter
- Kate Miller-Heidke (born 1981), Australian singer-songwriter and actress
- Moonshine Kate (19091992), 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 (19071986), 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 (19421986), American folk singer-songwriter
In sport and athletics
- 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 Foster (born 1985) British Olympic snowboarder
- Kate Gaze (born 1990), Australian basketball player
- Kate Gillou (18871964), 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 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 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 (19021978), 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 (19392014), 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 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 Brown (born 1960), American politician and attorney
- Kate Foster British diplomat and ambassador
- Kate Gallego (born 1981), American mayor of Phoenix Arizona
- 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 (19492017), 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 (19071996), German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD)
- Kate Warner (born 1948), Australian politician
In fashion
- Kate Grigorieva (born 1988), Russian supermodel
- Kate Moss (born 1974), English supermodel
- Kate Spade (19622018), American fashion designer and businesswoman
- Kate Upton (born 1992), American actress and model
In science
Other
- Kate Allen (Amnesty International) (born 1955), director of Amnesty International UK
- Kate Atkinson Bell (19072003), American educator
- Kate Walker Behan (1851-1918), American club leader and philanthropist
- Kate Bell (businesswoman), British businesswoman
- Big Nose Kate (18501940), Hungarian-born prostitute and longtime companion and common-law wife of Old West gunfighter Doc Holliday, born Mary Katherine Horony
- Kate Bisschop-Swift (18341928), Dutch painter
- Kate Booth (18581955), 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 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 (18611932), American suffragist
- Kate Hall (18611918) British museum curator
- Kate Kelly (journalist) (born 1975), American journalist
- Kate Kelly (outlaw) (18631898), sister of outlaw Ned Kelly
- Kate Kelly (sculptor) (18821964), American-Hawaiian sculptor
- Kate Manicom (1893–1937), British suffragette and trade unionist
- Kate Nicholas (born 1991), Dog trainer and talent show contestant
- Kate Perugini (18391929), English painter
- Kate Sheppard (18481934), New Zealand suffragist
- Kate Steinitz (18891975), artist and scholar known as "the Mama of Dada"
- Kate Stoneman (18411925), American suffragist and lawyer
- Kate Tyrrell (18631921), Irish sea captain and owner of a shipping company
- Katie Walker (born 1969), British furniture designer
- Kate Warne (18331868), 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 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 Hewitt, a character in the 2008 Hallmark Channel television movie The Nanny Express
- Katie Holt, from
- 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 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
- 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 Syberia video games
Notes and References
- Book: Herbst, Andreas . Andreas Herbst . Who Was Who in the GDR? . 2009 . Ch. Links Verlag . Berlin . de . Selbmann, Käte . 2024-04-12 . Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung.
