Cate - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Cate \c(a)-te\ is a variant of Catherine (Greek), Kate and Katherine (Greek), and the meaning of Cate is "pure".

The baby name Cate sounds like Cade, Caty, Catie, Cati, Cathe, Catey, Cat and Catee. Other similar baby names are Caye and Tate.

Cate is an uncommon first name for women but a very common last name for both men and women (#4882 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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