THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Kate
Kate is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. Its lexical definition links this spelling with the longer name or names Katherine or Catherine as a short or familiar form.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈkejt/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈk̠eɪ̯t̪]Standard-Tagalog
Kate1 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Kate.
a diminutive of the female given name Katherine or Catherine, from English
EnglishEtymology & source
A diminutive of the female given name Katherine and related names, also used as a formal given name.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Kate
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Kate Valdez
Fllipino actress
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Kate Valdez, Kate Bobadilla
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Kate in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Kate
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Kat♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Kata♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Katie♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Katy♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Kaye♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Kai♂♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Kara♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Karel♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
What rhymes with Kate?
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Explore Kate further
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- Wikidata given-name item Q1735678 — Kate (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Kate Valdez (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1735678 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Kate Bobadilla (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1735678 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Kate (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Kate (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.