Baby Names

Kate.

Has this name been discussed recently? What are your thoughts?

Re: Kate.

  • I love Kate, but DH doesn't think its appropriate as a stand alone name. Aaaand I don't really care for any of the names that its a nn for.
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  • Love it. I've always liked every Kate I've ever met. In my experience, they are artistic and comfortable in their own skin. It's a great strong, short name like Jane but with a tad more spunk (I guess it's the hard consonants that add the kick to it).
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  • Love it.  I agree with the PP about using it as a nn.  My vote would be for Katherine, but I'm a little biased.  :)
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    Love it.  It is one of the very few nn that I think work as a stand alone.

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  • Love it. I think it fits a little girl and a woman could stamp it on her resume and feel proud of it. I like it as a stand alone better than as a nn.
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  • I love it just on its own.
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  • I love it! It's my first choice for a girl. And I like it as a stand alone name, not a NN.
  • Love it, classic.  If my best friend didn't already have a Katelyn, aka Katie, I'd want it as a name.  (But they call her most often KayKay, which I am NOT a fan of).

    So yes to Kate, as long as you never call her KayKay.  lol.

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  • I love it and think it stands alone perfectly.

    I work with a Katherine that goes by Kate within the office.  Just Thursday someone was telling her they think of her as Kate, Katherine just doesn't seem to fit.

  • I like it and feel just fine about it as a stand alone. However it is popular right now and likely to trend upwards with the royal wedding approaching.
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  • Love it and am using it as the mn if the next one is a girl. 
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  • I love it, but I think as a first name I'd use it as a nickname for Katherine.  We used it as a stand alone middle name for our daughter because it flowed much better and if we used Katherine as a middle we'd never get to actually use the name we loved, which was Kate.  
  • I love it!! It's such a strong, simple, beautiful name for a child or a grown woman. It doesn't even bother me as a stand-alone name, although if we used it we'd probably go with Kate as nn for Katherine. I love Katie too. 
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  • This name is discussed about once a week-ish.

    I think about 60% of people (including me) think it works just fine as a full name on its own (though many in that group prefer a longer name with Kate as the nickname). The other 30% think it needs a "formal" name.

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  • We used it for DD on its own - she's not Katherine, Katelyn, etc.  We love it and it fits her perfectly.
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  • Kate is my favorite girl name. We are expecting a little boy - but had this baby been a girl, her name would have been Kate.

     *Edited to fix spelling error! Oops!


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  • LOVE Kate...it's DD"s middle name.
  • I love Kate as a stand alone name, or like a PP said, for Kathleen, Katherine etc. It's a strong, but feminine and cute name and it's timeless in my opinion. Love it! 

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