Okay. Recently I’ve grown to love, love, love the name [name]Katherine[/name]/[name]Catherine[/name]. It’s beautiful, classic, absolutely timeless, and can suit anyone from a little girl to a grown woman. Problem: I hate the nn [name]Katie[/name]/[name]Kate[/name], and although I could probably deal with [name]Kathy[/name], that seems like an old lady nn and I wouldn’t want it to be used. [name]Do[/name] you think that these nn’s are inevitable for a little [name]Katherine[/name], or do you think they’re escapable? And can you think of any other [name]Katherine[/name] nn’s? Personally, I don’t think it needs one, but since every name is practically destined to have at least one nn I’d like to find one that I kind of like.
I think [name]Kitty[/name] or [name]Kat[/name] are adorable nicknames for little girls, and when their older they can be called [name]Catherine[/name]/[name]Katherine[/name]
I can just image a little [name]Kitty[/name]/[name]Kat[/name] fingerpainting in school
I think they’re cute nns for little girls! And I agree with twilightobsessedfan12 when she says [name]Kitty[/name] and [name]Kat[/name] are adorable nns. When she gets older, she can use the sassier nn [name]Trina[/name].
I know quite a few Katherines that go by [name]Kat[/name]. I have heard of a couple of women called [name]Rin[/name] as a shortening of [name]Katherine[/name] too.
Honestly, nicknames aren’t that much of a big deal for most people.
I’ve gone to school, girl guides, soccer teams, etc with lots of Katherines and none of them went by any nickname. Except for one who introduces herself has [name]Katie[/name] because she hates [name]Kathryn[/name]. And another who was called [name]Kathy[/name] only in HS by one person for some reason.
If you find one that you like, then you can introduce her as that, but keep in mind using a nickname early on will likely have people call her by that only, and not her full name.
I think you’ll have to find a nickname you like in order to avoid [name]Katie[/name]. If you went with [name]Kitty[/name] or [name]Kat[/name], then people will use those and not [name]Katie[/name]. I think overall, people just don’t like saying [name]Katherine[/name], it’s just a mouthful in my opinion.
My mother is [name]Katharine[/name], and has never gone by any nickname. People tend to call others by the name they are introduced to them as, for the few that don’t, simply correct them. I don’t imagine it will be much of a problem.
My sister has only ever been called [name]Catherine[/name]. Never [name]Kate[/name], [name]Katy[/name], and definitely never [name]Kathy[/name] (I think that nickname is dated now, esp. with the comic strip). I don’t know why people think [name]Catherine[/name] is hard; syllable-wise it is no longer than [name]Katy[/name] or [name]Kathy[/name]–just “kath-rin.” Sure, I know some Kates and Katies, but from college, traveling, and church, I know plenty of [name]Catherine[/name]/[name]Katherine[/name]/[name]Kathryn[/name]'s who went by their full name.
I agree with east93, though: if you call her something like [name]Trina[/name] or [name]Kat[/name] when she’s little, then people will call her that a lot when she’s older. My sister was called [name]Catherine[/name] even as a child. I love her name.
I honestly think it depends on the person. I know a lot of [name]Katherine[/name]'s born 1991-93 in the UK - the vast majority go by [name]Katie[/name], but I think this is more the parents choice than them deciding. I do know two [name]Katherine[/name]/[name]Catherine[/name]'s who choose to go by [name]Catherine[/name] a lot, one I have only ever known to be catherine and the other sometimes goes by [name]Cat[/name].
By calling her [name]Catherine[/name] all the time it is unlikely that people will call her [name]Katie[/name]. But some kind of nn just like with most names is probably inevitable.
In my grade, no one named [name]Catherine[/name] goes by [name]Catherine[/name]: two go by [name]Kate[/name], two go by [name]Katie[/name]/[name]Katy[/name], and one goes by [name]Cathy[/name]. That’s just what they like to be called, though. Since they introduced themselves like that, that’s what they are called.
I think if you call her [name]Katherine[/name] (no nickname) and introduce her as [name]Katherine[/name], most people will follow suit. If they call her a nickname, you can correct them. But - you can’t know if the child herself will want to be known by a nickname when she’s older.
My 17-year-old son has a lot of classmates named [name]Katherine[/name] and most do go by [name]Katie[/name], except one who is called [name]Kitty[/name].
I really haven’t heard of any children using the nickname [name]Kathy[/name] in a long time. You’re more likely to get [name]Kate[/name] or [name]Katie[/name].
I love the name [name]Katherine[/name], and I like its nicknames - [name]Kate[/name], [name]Katie[/name], and even [name]Kathy[/name]. Not sure about [name]Kitty[/name]. There’s also [name]Kit[/name] and [name]Kay[/name].
I don’t think it needs a nickname, though. I would go ahead and name her [name]Katherine[/name].
I totally adore [name]Katherine[/name] as well! But as with any name with nn potential, if you raise the child to think of a certain nn or their full name as their identity, even if people start calling them [name]Katie[/name] or [name]Sammy[/name] nn for [name]Sam[/name], they can just correct the person and say that’s not my name, so I’d say no nicknames are inevitable.
However for a personal nn for you to use, I quite like [name]Kit[/name] or [name]Kitty[/name]…but [name]Catherine[/name]/[name]Katherine[/name] is beautiful just the way it is [name]IMO[/name]. ^^
I don’t think it’s inevitable…I know a [name]Mary[/name] [name]Catherine[/name] and no one ever shortened her name to [name]Mary[/name] [name]Cate[/name] to my knowledge. It will probably be up to the child, though–if she wants to go by [name]Kate[/name], [name]Kathy[/name], or [name]Katie[/name], then her friends and others will start calling her that.
I love [name]Catherine[/name]/[name]Katherine[/name]! I absolutely love [name]Cate[/name], but if you don’t… what about [name]Wren[/name] or [name]Erin[/name]? I think [name]Erina[/name] is sweet, too (eh-[name]REE[/name]-nah). I think [name]Kitty[/name] is pretty cute, too–I was crushing on that a couple of weeks ago.
And I definitely think you can have [name]Catherine[/name] without [name]Cate[/name]/[name]Katie[/name]/[name]Cathy[/name], etc… I have met several Catherines/Katherines who are just [name]Catherine[/name]/[name]Katherine[/name]…
My sister is [name]Cathryn[/name]. When she was little we called her [name]Cat[/name] sometimes, but as an adult she goes by [name]Cathryn[/name] almost exclusively. The only person who really calls her [name]Cat[/name] is my 2y/o who calls her Aunt [name]Cat[/name].
I know several Katherines/Katharines who go by Kaki (pronounced like Khaki). It’s definitely more of a Southern US style nickname, but might be something to consider regardless of where you live.
I love [name]Kat[/name] as a nickname for [name]Katherine[/name]. I don’t think anyone would automatically shorten it to [name]Kathy[/name] or [name]Kate[/name]/[name]Katie[/name] unless she introduced herself that way.
I know a [name]Katherine[/name] who goes by [name]Rina[/name], and five that go by [name]Kate[/name], two [name]Kathy[/name]/Cathys, three Katies, one [name]Rin[/name], and one Kath. [name]Catherine[/name]/[name]Katherine[/name] really is the most ubiquitous name of my group of friends! I like [name]Rina[/name], it’s simple, pretty, and distinctive.
