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Kitty

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d1157230986361b000875 · 16/04/2015 17:12

Not short for anything just Kitty.

What are your opinions, not sure if this name is a contender but it's one that is on our long list.

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reuset · 25/04/2015 20:03

Not on its own. I prefer Katherine, nick name Kitty

crazycatlady82 · 25/04/2015 19:58

I love Kitty! However as I am cat obsessed and our surname starts with 'C' any suggestion of kitty was met with hysterical laughter Hmm

chocolateyay · 25/04/2015 18:47

Dorothy - Dotty! I love that.

Nicknames do come about themselves so you may decide Catherine with kitty as a nn, and end up with a Cath, Cathy, Catty, Kitty Cat, Kit or Reena. Or Fred. You never know... My family name is nothing like my real name but was a mangled version from my sister who was 2 and a half when I was born (could've been worse I suppose).

aoife24 · 25/04/2015 16:29

Oh Turbo,

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 23/04/2015 23:43

I love it. I also love Kit for a boy.

However, I do think it's one name I would have to have as a NN - with something more substantial as the "real name".

LL0015 · 23/04/2015 22:23

I know three. Two little girls who suit it.
One woman whose name is Rachel but insists on being called Kitty. Right old hag.

Had same conversation about Betty... Nickname at birth or Elizabeth for adult choice.

I'm of the nick name persuasion.

WizardOfToss · 23/04/2015 22:21

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Rhubarbgarden · 23/04/2015 22:18

Love it.

Onesipmore · 23/04/2015 20:33

I have a fabulous Kitty. Not remotely cutesie. Feisty, sporty etc. hello Kitty has never been mentioned by any of her peer group. I chose the name from Anna Karenina

Chchchchanging · 23/04/2015 20:28

Katherine is awful
Kitty is fabulous

imip · 23/04/2015 18:30

Well, I may be a tad biased as it is 3yo dds name, but î love it! It's her name, no long a&e, no need. I hate the name Catherine, but I love Kitty.

My gradmother's name was Kitty, as is my Aunts. They were fiesty women, much like my own kitty Smile.

If you love it, go for it. Don't worry what others say....

Btw, no one makes the hello kitty reference, and I even usually forget about it!

timelyreminder · 23/04/2015 18:25

It would be fine as a nickname for Katherine, Katrina etc.

TurboTheChicken · 23/04/2015 18:09

I love it, it was a close thing whether our DD was Dorothy or Kitty. Dorothy won as it sounded better with our surname.

I don't think Kitty is too cutesy and is a perfectly good name for an adult.

IvoryMadonna · 23/04/2015 17:59

aoife24 Because the child might prefer to use it! It's the child's name, not the parents'.

Pikkewyn · 23/04/2015 17:43

I loved Kitty for DD2 but DH would only concede if I could come up with a 'proper' name that wasn't Katherine so we chose Katya with Kitty as a nn.

Whatisaweekend · 23/04/2015 17:41

Love it!! And if its good enough for JA/Mrs Bennett then its good enough for me!!

aoife24 · 23/04/2015 16:52

I think it's lovely. Why do people think you need the 'official' version if you are never going to use it?

Wishful80smontage · 23/04/2015 09:46

On my list as a nn for Catherine but I think for a grown up its sounds too cutesy sorry

jazzyjenbo · 18/04/2015 09:11

I really like it, it was on our shortlist for this bump... But i dont mind NN's as full names. Other similar would be
Kitty, bunny, minnie, dolly ... I love all of these

KipperTheFish · 17/04/2015 23:20

I love love love it, and trying to persuade dh. Would probably be Katherine though, so has alternatives available as an adult.

sweetpeame · 16/04/2015 21:54

Agree - go with Katherine nn Kitty, even if you (her parents) never call her Katherine, it gives her options when she's older if she prefers something more "mature".

mynameisnotmichaelcaine · 16/04/2015 21:38

I taught one. Age 13, she was tall, muscular, loved rugby and swimming. Absolutely hated her name and insisted on Kit. I would go with Catherine on the bc. Kitty is lovely for a toddler.

chocolateyay · 16/04/2015 21:33

Its like 'Dolly' though isn't it? Old fashioned, probably a pet name, and everyone has a great aunt Dolly, Kitty, Mimi, Dotty...

squoosh · 16/04/2015 21:21

I had a great aunt Kitty who ran her own pub till she was nearly 100. To say she was formidable would be to put it mildly.

Nothing cutesy about her!

TwinkleThis · 16/04/2015 20:40

Our son started Reception with a Kitty. She was lovely. Her parents were very interesting people to know, and the mother took no shit whatsoever.

Names are what the person makes of them. Go for it.