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What does Cat mean?
Cat 
as a name for girls has its root in Greek, and the meaning of Cat is "pure". Cat is an alternate spelling of Catherine (Greek): from katharos. Cat is also a variant of Katherine (Greek).
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Variations
VARIANTS Kit, Kate▼, Kat, Kait, Cate, Cait
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA CATHERINE, KATHERINE Cadi, Caitey, Caitie, Caity, Caren▼, Cari▼, Carin, Caron, Carri, Caryn▼, Cass, Cassi, Cassy, Catey, Cath, Catha, Cathe, Cathee, Cathi, Cathie▼, Cathy▼, Cathye, Cati, Catia, Catie, Catina▼, Cato, Catrin, Caty, Cay, Caye, Cazzy, Kaity, Kari▼, Kas, Kass, Kata, Katee, Katey, Katha, Kathi▼, Kathy▼, Kati▼, Katia, Katie▼, Katka, Katla, Katy▼, Katya, Kay▼, Kaye▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Cat Kinlee (C.K.), ..
How popular is Cat?
Cat is a rare given name for females but a somewhat popular surname for all people (#90652 out of 150436, Top 60%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Caren, Cari, Carin, Caron, Carri, Caryn, Cassi, Cassy, Cate, Catherine (#204 IN 2018), Cathi, Cathie, Cathy, Catina, Kari (#1569), Kate (#285), Katey, Katherine (#112), Kathi, Kathy, Kati, Katia (#1832), Katie (#449), Katy (#1790), Katya, Kay, Kaye and Kit are the prominent alternative forms of Cat (NOT IN TOP 2000) appearing in the Top 2000. Other variants, like Caye, are seldom used. These relations of Cat were popular 68 years ago (MEDIAN #1079) and are now much less widespread (#1722, ▼84.5%), with forms such as Kay becoming less trendy. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Similar Names
Cat is alike in pronunciation to Kaite and Katt. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bat, Cai, Cal, Cam, Cas, Hat, Mat, Nat and Pat▼. These names tend to be more frequently used than Cat.
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