Comments for the name Tate

This name is very cute and it has a good meaning. It is the perfect name for a little boy!

There is the Tate Gallery in London. I love it there.

I don't like the name, it reminds me of tater tots.

This name is the cutest! I love it for a boy!

The actor Tate Donovan played Jimmy Cooper on The O.C. He also once dated Jennifer Aniston.

Terry Tate is a famous football player that used to play for the Ohio State Buckeyes in the United States.

Terry Tate is actually a fictional football player created by Reebok during their 2002 ad campaign. He is best known as Terry Tate: Office Linebacker.

Tate's a cool name. It could grow on me a lot.

I love this name. It's simple but not too common. I want to name my 2nd son this. My first is named Marlow which also comes from a surname and I think they sound good together. Both strong English names. I just hope he doesn't get called po-Tate-o!

As I understand it from my reference books (A Dictionary of English Surnames by Reaney & Wilson, for instance) technically it is the surname Tait that goes back to the Old Norse word for "cheerful", while Tate goes back to an Old English name, Tata, the original meaning of which is unknown. Since Tait and Tate are pronounced identically, I'm sure over the centuries there has been some confusion in spelling and some "Tate" families may originally have had medieval ancestors with the Old Norse name. But the origin does seem to be a bit more complicated that just "Old Norse" for "cheerful". [noted -ed]

Such a great name. Boys names sound so great when expressed in one syllable. Tate is strong, unmistakable and can be envisioned as the artist of a finger painting or the name on an M. D.'s diploma. Just perfect. When we decided to have children, this was hands down going to be our son's name. Three daughters later there is still no Tate.
People say that it reminds them of "tater-tots". So, ask any seven year old "What's a tater-tot?", if they know, chances are they won't be deciding your young Tate's future while reviewing his application to Harvard.

Despite sounding like Kate and Tatum, this name sounds quite masculine to me. I think this name is better as a surname, quite frankly. It's quite plain and minimalist, and it makes me think of little boys and tomboyish girls for some reason, not adults.

Using Tate is like you've given up or something. "Tate?" I ask. "That's all they could come up with?"
It sounds dull, stupid, rather too much like taint and like there was absolutely no effort put into the naming process.

My sister's name has the same pronunciation but it is spelt Tayte. So my opinion is that Tate (Or Tayte) could be used as a girls or a boys name.

In the book Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta, Tate Markham is the name of one of the characters.

Tate can also be a last name. There was a guy that used to play college football named Terry Tate. He does funny commercials for Reebok now.

I very much like this name for either a boy or a girl. I'm actually considering naming one of my girls Tate in the future. I first read the name in a novel and the character was a girl.

From middle English meaning 'cheerful'.

Logically, this should be listed as a unisex name. Tate can be a nickname for the feminine Tatum, so is occasionally used as a given name for girls.

British singers Emma Bunton and Jade Jones have a son named Tate, who was born a few weeks ago.

Tate is derived from the Norwegian Tait. Middle English version is Taten.