I love the name Kate, but feel like it should be a nn for a more formal name. However, I don't like any of the traditional names Kate tends to be a nn for.
Here's what I don't like:
Katherine
Katrina
Katerina (I do kind of like this one, but our last name is 4 syllables as well, so I feel like it's too much)
Kateyln
I know it's a long shot, but can anyone think of anything else? Or is it ok to have Kate as a full name?
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I know five Kate's (full name, both kids and adults). I love the name Kate, so I would totally use it as a stand alone name if there isn't a longer name that you love as much as Kate.
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My sister used Kate as a full name for her daughter. If you choose a longer name and then use Kate as a nn, other people will likely call her Katie (which you might be okay with, but I know my sister hates). They don't usually abbreviate Kate any further. x
I know it's an UO around here, but I personally don't mind Kate as a full name. Katherine would be my top choice for an extended name but I know you already said you don't like it.
I'm a Katherine nn Katie or kate I love my name! Kathleen=Kathy Katherine =kate Katie Please do NOT mix these up Kate is not a stand alone name. You are naming someone who will need to use a fn for work
March 2011: Off Nuva, cycle back to "normal" for me: No periods since 15 years old.
June 2011:Provera&50 mg Clomid; Progesterone:0.7
July 2011:Provera&100mg Clomid; Progesterone:3.29
Met with RE:No Clomid response, begin injectables Sep
5 mg Letrozole and Ovidrel in the interim month. Cut out running (was a distance-runner), cycling, eliptical. Restricted to weight-training, walking, pilates. Brain MRI normal. Being physically over-stressed is the reason the body stopped producing prog.
Late Sep 2011: Menopur, Ovidrel,& IUI (10.10.11):BFN-Great injectable response: 2 mature, 6 near mature, many smaller; Problem: 9 cysts! Dr: IUI too uncontrolled for number of viable eggs & age. On to IVF! IVF ER 12.6: 37 mature eggs, 27 fertilized, froze all to avoid overstimulation; FET 1.22 (2 Grade 1)=BFN; FET 2.22 (3 Grade 2)=BFP! Beta 10dp3dt=291; 12dp3dt=644; HB 3.26!! 174 bpm: Vanishing twin almost completely absorbed 10wks
I'm a Katherine nn Katie or kate
I love my name!
Kathleen=Kathy
Katherine =kate Katie
Please do NOT mix these up
Kate is not a stand alone name.
You are naming someone who will need to use a fn for work
Katherine can = Kathy and Kathleen can = Kate..........i know plenty with these names
I think Kate is a fine full name. A friend of ours has a daughter named Kate and it suits her perfectly
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I grew up with a Kate (full name). She liked her name but found it super annoying that people assumed it was short for something. She was asked that all the time. And some teachers just called her Catherine because they assumed it was her full name.
I usually hate nicknames as first names, but I'm ok with Kate as it doesn't sound juvenile like it would if the full name was Katie or something. But just because I don't mind it doesn't mean it won't annoy your daughter to have a nn as a full name.
There are some Kathleen's that are katie or Kate, but it is not the majority. And as a kate that is a Katherine, it ticks me off when people try to call me Kathy. I personally do not know any Kathleen's that go by Kate or katie
March 2011: Off Nuva, cycle back to "normal" for me: No periods since 15 years old.
June 2011:Provera&50 mg Clomid; Progesterone:0.7
July 2011:Provera&100mg Clomid; Progesterone:3.29
Met with RE:No Clomid response, begin injectables Sep
5 mg Letrozole and Ovidrel in the interim month. Cut out running (was a distance-runner), cycling, eliptical. Restricted to weight-training, walking, pilates. Brain MRI normal. Being physically over-stressed is the reason the body stopped producing prog.
Late Sep 2011: Menopur, Ovidrel,& IUI (10.10.11):BFN-Great injectable response: 2 mature, 6 near mature, many smaller; Problem: 9 cysts! Dr: IUI too uncontrolled for number of viable eggs & age. On to IVF! IVF ER 12.6: 37 mature eggs, 27 fertilized, froze all to avoid overstimulation; FET 1.22 (2 Grade 1)=BFN; FET 2.22 (3 Grade 2)=BFP! Beta 10dp3dt=291; 12dp3dt=644; HB 3.26!! 174 bpm: Vanishing twin almost completely absorbed 10wks
Re: Long Shot: Full names for Kate?
Kayden
Cadence
???
I don't usually feel this way, but I think Kate is ok as a full name, you can always call her katie as a nn
I think Kate is fine as a full name as well.
Kathleen
Katherina
Katia
ETA. Words are a struggle.
Perhaps choose a different name
I love my name!
Kathleen=Kathy
Katherine =kate Katie
Please do NOT mix these up
Kate is not a stand alone name.
You are naming someone who will need to use a fn for work
MFI (High DNA Fragmentation) & Mild endometriosis
Aug 2016 - May 2017 6 IUI's with letrozole - BFN
April 2017 - laparoscopy to remove mild endo
June 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU - Cancelled early ovulation, no eggs retrieved.
Aug/Sept 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU, cetrotide - 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature
5 eggs ICSI'd 6 eggs frozen - 1 day 5 blast transfered, 2 expanded blast frozen - BFP!
May 2018 - Baby girl born - Our Joy
TTC #2 since July 2019
July 2019 - FET - BFN
Jan 2020 - FET - canceled due to family health issues
Mar 2020 - FET - low beta - chemical pregnancy
July 2020 - ICSI'd remaining 6 eggs - 3 fertilized - 2 survived to early blast stage, transfered both - Chemical Pregnancy
I usually hate nicknames as first names, but I'm ok with Kate as it doesn't sound juvenile like it would if the full name was Katie or something. But just because I don't mind it doesn't mean it won't annoy your daughter to have a nn as a full name.