Katy
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning pure; a diminutive of Katherine.
Katy by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Katy. In the US, 113 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 674 babies in 1987, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Katherine
Like Katy, 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.
- 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)
- Karipure; a form of Katherine153 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Katy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Katepure; a form of katherine1,162 in the US (2017)
- Kathypure; a diminutive of Katherine108 in the US (2017)
- Kayrejoice or pure; form of Katherine or Katrina59 in the US (2017)
- Katyapure; a form of Catherine or Ekaterina54 in the US (2017)
- Kacyvigilant; a form of Casey41 in the US (2017)
- Kadyfrom Cadiz; a respelling of Cady or Kadi9 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Katy
Names that are said the same way as Katy, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Katiepure; a diminutive of Katherine770 in the US (2017)
- Kattypure; a form of katherine13 in the US (2017)
- Katipure; a form of Katherine11 in the US (2017)
- Catiepure; a diminutive of Catherine10 in the US (2017)
- Kaitypure; variant of caitlin or katie6 in the US (2017)
- Kattiepure; a form of Katherine6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean purity
Like Katy, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Katy
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