Comments for the name Kathy

Kathy Lee Gifford is an actress/singer. She used to be on the show "Live with Regis and Kathy Lee."

I don't like this nickname for Katherine. I prefer Kate, and Katie.

There is an author named Kathy Reichs.

Eh. Sounds like a middle-aged housewive's name. It's often a form of Kathleen. I have two friends named Kathleen, both choose to go by Katie and absolutely hate Kathy. Plus, my friend's mom is named Kathy, and she's a witch.

Kathy Griffin! That HILARIOUS comedian who everyone says goes too far in her jokes about celebrities, but she rocks anyway!

Kathy Ireland is an American supermodel, actress, author and entrepreneur.

A famous bearer of the name Kathy is actress Kathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates (born June 28, 1948). Among her notable film roles are "Misery" (1990), which she won an Academy Award for, as well as other Academy Award-nominated roles in "Primary Colors" (1998), for which she also received a BAFTA nomination, and "About Schmidt" (2002). She received an additional BAFTA nomination for "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991).

Listen to the German pronunciation of Kathy here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html

My friend is in a band with a girl named Kathiana but everyone calls her Kathy. According to behindthename there's no such name as Kathiana, but even so why would you go by a common boring nickname when you could go by your exotic unique full name? People confuse me.

I love the name Kathryn/Katherine. I wish it were mine. If it were I would use the Kathy nickname. It is so much cuter than Kate/Katie, which I can't stand, quite the opposite of some of the other users.

Kathy Najimy is an American actress of Lebanese descent. She voiced Peggy Hill on King of the Hill.