kitty?

[trishalishous]

I love the name kitty, but would use it as a nickname.
so:
Catherine
Kaitlyn
what else?
(our DD is Elizabeth, and we have James (jamie) for a boy)

[mrse]

My cousins name is Kitty...I think her real name is Katherine but she never uses it.

Everything if her legal name is Kitty, and she is from Holland

[EmPowering]

i prefer kaitlyn :)

[mum2bubba]

Katherine with a K. My friend is Kate/Katherine and her hubby calls her Kitty.

[Ruminator]

Katherine

or any of its variations that include the letters K and T


for example :

KAT f English
KATA f Hungarian, Finnish, Croatian
KATALIN f Hungarian, Basque
KATALINKA f Hungarian
KATARIINA f Finnish, Estonian
KATARIN f Breton
KATARÍNA f Slovak
KATARINA f German, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
KATARINE f German
KATARZYNA f Polish
KATE f English, Croatian
KATEE f English (Rare)
KATELIJN f Dutch
KATELIJNE f Dutch
KATELIN f English (Modern)
KATELL f Breton
KATELYN f English (Modern)
KATELYNN f English (Modern)
KATENKA f Russian
KATERI f History
KATEŘINA f Czech
KATERINA f Macedonian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek, Late Roman
KATERYNA f Ukrainian
KATEY f English
KATHARINA f German, Scandinavian
KATHARINE f English, German
KATHARYN f English
KÄTHE f German
KATHERINA f English (Rare), German
KATHERINE f English
KATHERYN f English
KATHERYNE f English (Rare)
KATHI f English
KATHIE f English
KATHLEEN f Irish, English
KATHLYN f English
KATHRIN f German
KATHRINE f Danish, Norwegian
KATHRYN f English
KATHY f English
KATI f Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian
KATIA f Russian
KATICA f Slovene, Croatian
KATIE f English
KATINA f Greek, Macedonian
KATINKA f German, Dutch
KATJA f German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene
KATKA f Czech, Slovak
KATLYN f English (Modern)
KATÓ f Hungarian
KATRĖ f Lithuanian
KATRI f Finnish
KATRIEN f Dutch
KATRIINA f Finnish
KATRIJN f Dutch
KATRIN f German, Swedish, Estonian
KATRINA f English, German, Swedish, Dutch
KATRINE f Danish, Norwegian
KATRIONA f English (Rare)
KATTALIN f Basque
KATY f English
KATYA f Russian

http://www.behindthename.com/php/related.php?name=katherine

[trishalishous]

we were avoiding 'K' as our last name starts with K.
we also don't want anything too unusual as our last name is Chinese.
DHs horrrible aunty (the offensive know-it-all) is Kathleen and Kate for short.
*sigh* maybe next time will just be a singleton boy (since we can't find TWO boys names we like)

[sweetseven]

I wanted Kitty for my first. I got it from watching The Sulivans as a child. My husband was happy with Kitty because he thought Kitty Pride was cool in the Xmen.

However we both agreed the Kitty wasn't good enough for a name in it's own right and therefore needed to be a nickname. Katherine was the obvious choice, but I wanted something more unusual, less common. Therefore my husband suggested Kaitlyn as we both have scottish heritage. I chose the spelling and we named her. Then discovered that Caitlin was the 13th most popular girls name in the year she was born (so much for being unusual).

After she was born, Kitty just never seemed appropriate and we didn't use it as a nickname either. Her nicknames were Kaitly and Kt. When she was in year 3 she asked where her name came from and we explained the above to her. She then went through a phase of wanting to be called Kitty but it barely lasted two months.

Now, 16yo, she accuses us both of being children when naming her and thinks we were foolish. She is happy enough with her name but given the choice of the two would've preferred Katherine.

She prefers unisex names herself, and using them for the less common gender. Whilst at present she doesn't see her future self having children, she expects that to change with age and has discussed potential names she would consider in that event.

[sweetseven]

Re: avoiding K.

Most of the abovementioned names can easily have a C substituted for a K.

Catherine
Catalina
Catarina
Catrina
Catriona
Caitlin

PS: I think Catherine would go nicely with Elizabeth and James, as they are all oldfashioned English names.

[Jemima J]

My best friend is Katarina and we call her Kat or Kitty....lovely name :)