Do you feel differently about Cate vs. Kate as a first name?
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Anonymous
| If you were using Kate or Cate as a first name, which would you choose and why? |
Anonymous
| Isn't Kate short for Kathryn or Katherine and Cate is short for Caitlyn or Catherine? |
Anonymous
| Is it short for Katharine? Are you just using Kate as a stand alone name? I don't like that idea, but if I had to choose one I would use Cate, because it is not as common. |
Anonymous
| OP here. Yes, as a first name along the lines of Jack instead of John. |
Anonymous
| Cate is pretentious. |
Anonymous
| Cate is short for Catherine. Kate is short for Katherine. Don't use it as a short name use it as a nickname. |
Anonymous
| I like Catherine a lot better than Katherine. Can you use Kate with Catherine? If so, that is what I would do. If not, is oil use Cate. |
Anonymous
| I like Cate better. More current, but it sounds the same as Kate when roll is called at school, etc if you are worried about it being popular. |
Anonymous
| Cate is silly. Spell it correctly, at least. |
Anonymous
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I know a Cate who is short for Caroline. FWIW.
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Anonymous
+1 Just do Catherine, call her Kate. I dislike nicknames being used as standalone names. Just don't name the poor little dear "Cate." It's a slippery slope from "Cate" to "Cait" to "Chayt" to "Larla." |
Anonymous
| My DD is Kate..not short for anything. I love the name. Since that is what we wanted her to be called, that is what we named her. She loves it too. We did not consider Cate. |
Anonymous
When short for Catherine it's just a nickname. Many people with this name eventually get called Cat or kitty many other variants. There's not right spelling of a nickname. At heart her name is Catherine or Katherine Etc. that is how nicknames work. |
Anonymous
| i like them both. no need to give them the formal, long names if you want the shorter version to be their names. cate seems more modern. |
Anonymous
| ...no, no, no, that's Kate with a C. With a C....that will be your DD in every school. |