Katey

A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning pure; a form of Katherine.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Katey by the numbers

Katey was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 106 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Katherine

Like Katey, each of these traces back to Katherine: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Katiepure; a diminutive of Katherine770 in the US (2017)
  • Katelynpure; a modern variant of Katherine760 in the US (2017)
  • Kathrynpure; variant spelling of Katherine744 in the US (2017)
  • Kitdiminutive of Christopher or Katherine413 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kaelynpure; a modern variant of Katelyn or Katherine332 in the US (2017)
  • Kathleenpure; a form of Katherine310 in the US (2017)
  • Katrinavariant of Katherine; pure or unsullied193 in the US (2017)
  • Katerinapure; a form of Katherine167 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Katey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Katepure; a form of katherine1,162 in the US (2017)
  • Kaceyvigilant; a form of Casey187 in the US (2017)
  • Katypure; a diminutive of Katherine113 in the US (2017)
  • Kathypure; a diminutive of Katherine108 in the US (2017)
  • Kattypure; a form of katherine13 in the US (2017)
  • Kareyvariant of Carey or Karen; pure

Sounds like Katey

Names that are said the same way as Katey, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kayteepure; a respelling of katie or katherine7 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean purity

Like Katey, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
  • Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Katherinepure2,833 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
  • Catherinepure; clear1,573 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Katey

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