Comments for the name Cate

A famous bearer of the name Cate is Cate Blanchett (born May 14, 1969 as Catherine Elise Blanchett.) She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for being Katharine Hepburn in the popular award-winning movie, "The Aviator."

I love this spelling! But Kate is good, too.

I like the spelling Kate better.

I like this spelling better because it is more unique. Cute name!

My name is Caitlin but I use the name Cate instead. I have received a lot of compliments on my name, mostly because it's a more unique form of Kate. I also love my name because almost nobody in my school has this name execpt for me, so everybody knows who I am! All in all, I think Cate is a really great name!

I love this name! I've been in love with it all my life and don't know why they say that it's too common, I've never met a Cate in my life, nor a Kate, nor Katie, I've met a Katherine and a Kathy. I do not really have to worry about its popularity because by the time I have kids it won't be that popular. haha.

Cate is cute, Kate seems more like a woman of action.

I love this spelling. I prefer Cate with a C rather than a K.

My name just with a C hehe. I like this spelling, it's very cute.

To me it seems more sophisticated than Kate--just as I think Catherine is more elegant than Katherine, but they're both lovely names.

I love this name! I want to have a daughter and name her Caterina, but call her Cate. This spelling is so pretty!

I love this form with a "C" then a "K" because it's more unique and looks better. My name is Caytie but I go by Cate sometimes and I love it!

My pet peeve: when Catherines spell it "Kate" and not "Cate". If your name is Katherine, Kathryn, Kathleen, etc., go on and spell it Kate with a K - however! If your name is Catherine, do please be logical and spell it Cate! Famous examples of this: Kate Bosworth, birth name Catherine. Kate Bush, birth name Catherine. There is no K in their original name - so where did it come from? People use Cathy as well as Kathy, and Cat as well as Kat, so why do people find Cate so far-fetched and absurd?

I agree 1000 percent with the comment above. I love the name Caterina and the Nickname Cate and this other name Cathrina (pronounced Cath-REE-na, search it up it's a name I submitted). And Cate is ADORABLE with a C. I know a Kate and she is a bratty annoying little girl but Cate is beautiful and cute (Cate, Cate, CATE!)

It's fairly common in the UK for Catherines who go by Kate to spell it with a K. For example, Kate Middleton's (girlfriend of Prince William) full name is Catherine Elizabeth. Personally, I think Cate looks strange. Kate all the way!

Kate is very lovely, but Cate is just downright strange.

I prefer Kate.

If your name begins with a "C" as mine does (Catherine), then it only makes sense to use Cate for short. Why would you use Kate with a "K" if your name begins with a "C"? Anyway, they sound the same and Cate is a little more unique. I like Cate Blanchette's name with a "C". Kate with a "K" is just so common and overused... unless your name begins with a "K". I love my name and have had compliments all my life - mostly from men, so it has served me well. :)