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Comments and insights on the name Katie

My name is Katie.I think its a really great name! it sounds good with all lastnames and middlenames and is good for any age. What I like about it is that you cant find any way to tease anyone called Katie! Its an awesome, pretty yet not too girly name!

I think it's a really pretty name! But I wouldn't choose it myself as can be a bit like a nickname.

Pretty name but far too popular. Often gets confusing in my city with the amount of Katie's there are. Nice name though, just a bit too much.

Love the name Katie! So cool!

Hey! My name is Katie(faith). I really like my name but it’s just a bit too harsh and sounds very informal. I’d like to be know as Katherine or maybe Kate. Everyone says it’s easy to give nicknames to but I really don’t think so. I don’t want to be called kit-kat and that’s all I can think of. But really other than that I think it’s a really great name and sounds sweet and fun!

Personal experiences with the name Katie

My real name is Caetlin but my name is Caeti.

It is a fun name, easy to spell. Now that I'm hitting my mid-20s though I do sometimes wish I had a more full name for official uses (interviews, academic papers, etc.). I would not personally use the nicknames-as-names trend.

I'm in my 20s and I've always liked my name, I think it suits me. I've been told it makes me seem friendly before people have even really got to know me. Although, I used to hate when people shortened it to Kate, but I don't mind it as much now because it's just usually strangers I'll never meet again.

I have a sister named Katie who sometimes wishes her name was Kathleen or Katherine. Everybody likes her name though.

I'm in my teens, and named Katie. When I was younger people used to ask if my real name was Katherine. People often spell it with a y, which is slightly annoying, but at least is easy to correct.
Sometimes I hate how harsh my name sounds, and also how people sometimes don't make the 't' sound, making my name 'Kayee'.
My nicknames: Kat, Kit-Kat, Kitty and sometimes Katty.

I'm a teenager and my name is Katie. People constantly ask me what it's short for and assume it's a nickname. I like my name but now that I've gotten older and I'm in more formal situations (like college and jobs), I wish that I had a more mature sounding name like Katherine as mine just sounds like a nickname.

Nicknames for Katie

Atie (Ay-tee)
Kat
Kate
Kay
KayT
Kit
Kit-Kat
Kitty
Kitten
KT
Tee / Tea
Tia
Pidge

Meanings and history of the name Katie

Short form of Katherine, meaning "pure" in Greek, used as a name in its own right.

Famous real-life people named Katie

Kate "Katie" Holmes, American actress
Katherine "Katie" Couric, American journalist
Katherine "Katie" Cassidy, American actress
Kathrine "Katie" McGrath, Irish actress
Katie "Kate" Gosselin, mother of sextuplets, seen on "Jon and Kate plus 8"

Katie in song, story & screen

In the novel "Gone With the Wind", Katie was Scarlett O'Hara's real first name; she was named Katie Scarlett O'Hara after her paternal grandmother, Katie Scarlett (Scarlett being the grandmother's surname).
"Katie and Tommy" by Trisha Yearwood (song)
"Katie" by Missy Higgins (song)
"Katie Q" by Thirsty Merc (song)
"Maybe Katie" by Barenaked Ladies (song)
"Katie" by James Marsters (song)
"Katie Come True" by Bright Eyes (song)
Katie Holt, the real name of Pidge Gunderson, a character from the American anime “Voltron Legendary Defenders”
"Katie John," lead character in Mary Calhoun's series of children's novels
Used in the opening line of Mayday Parade's song "Miserable At Best"
Katie Bell, Gryffindor Chaser in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Katie Gardner, Daughter of Demeter in Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Katie Power of the Power Pack in Marvel comics