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Kate (female)

Variants:Cáit (F) Cait (M) Ceit (F) Ket (F) Kett (F)
Pet Name(s):Katie (F) Katy (F)
Pet Name for:Catharine (F) Katherine (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English pet name for Katherine [q.v.]/Katharine/Catherine/Catharine, etc, from Greek "pure". Kate may also be used as a given name.
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