Cate
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning pure; a form of Catherine.
Cate by the numbers
Cate was given to 38 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 152 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Catherine
Like Cate, each of these traces back to Catherine: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Catalinapure; Spanish form of Catherine1,218 in the US (2017)
- Karenpure; a form of Catherine559 in the US (2017)
- Katarinapure; a form of Catherine141 in the US (2017)
- Cattaleyapure; a modern respelling of Catherine62 in the US (2017)
- Caterinapure; Italian form of Catherine56 in the US (2017)
- Katyapure; a form of Catherine or Ekaterina54 in the US (2017)
- Catalayapure; a modern respelling of Catalina or Catherine51 in the US (2017)
- Cathrynpure; a form of Catherine37 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cate. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Cate
Names that are said the same way as Cate, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean purity
Like Cate, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Cate
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