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What does Cate mean?
Cate 
as a name for girls is of Greek derivation, and the name Cate means "pure". Cate is a version of Catherine (Greek): from katharos. Cate is also a variant of Kate. Cate is also used as a form of Katherine (Greek).
STARTS WITH Cat-
Variations
VARIANTS Kit, Kat, Kaite, Kait, Cat, Cait
OTHER FORMS VIA CATHERINE, KATE, KATHERINE Cadi, Caitey, Caitie, Caity, Caren▼, Cari▼, Carin, Caron, Carren, Carri, Caryn▼, Cass, Cassey, Cassi, Cassie▼, Cassy, Catee, Catey, Cath, Catha, Cathe, Cathee, Cathern, Cathi, Cathie▼, Cathy▼, Cathye, Cati, Catia, Catie, Catina▼, Cato, Catreen, Catrice, Catrin, Catrine, Caty, Cay, Caye, Cazzy, Kaatje, Kaethe, Kaitee, Kaitey, Kaitie, Kaity, Karen▼, Kari▼, Kas, Kass, Kata, Katee, Katell, Katena, Katey, Katha, Kathe, Kathee, Kathi▼, Kathie▼, Kathy▼, Kati▼, Katia, Katie▼, Katka, Katla, Katy▼, Katya, Kay▼, Kaye▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Cate Lucero (C.L.), ..
How popular is Cate?
Cate is an uncommonly occurring given name for women but a very prominent last name for all people (#6463 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Cate was first listed in 2004 and reached its top position of #1527 in the U.S. in the year 2008, but is not ranked at the moment. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Cate are Caren, Cari, Carin, Caron, Carri, Caryn, Cassey, Cassi, Cassie (#1262 VIA LATEST LIST), Cassy, Catherine (#204), Cathern, Cathi, Cathie, Cathy, Catina, Karen (#635), Kari (#1569), Kate (#285), Katey, Kathe, Katherine (#112), Kathi, Kathie, Kathy, Kati, Katia (#1832), Katie (#449), Katy (#1790), Katya, Kay, Kaye and Kit. These forms of Cate were at the top of their popularity 7 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 4.22%) and are now significantly less conventional (ADOPTION 0.42%, ▼90%), with forms such as Cassie becoming less trendy.
Similar Names
Cate is pronounced similarly to Katt. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Agate, Beate, Cacey, Caci, Cacie, Cacy, Cade, Cadee, Cadey, Cadie, Cady, Cadye, Cai, Cain, Caiti, Cal, Cala, Calee, Calen, Caley, Cali▲, Calie, Cam, Cama, Cameo, Cami, Cara▼, Caree, Carel, Carey▼, Carie▼, Carle, Caro, Cary▼, Cas, Casee, Casen, Casey▼, Casi, Casie▼, Casse, Casy, Cayce, Cayse, Cee, Cele, Chante▼, Cile, Clare, Cloe▼, Coe, Cole, Cree, Marte, Patte, Tate, Tayte, Ute and Utte. These names tend to be more frequently used than Cate.
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