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Katie?

38 replies

mummytobemaybe · 18/06/2017 20:41

Opinions please :)

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user1472334322 · 18/06/2017 21:17

I'm Katherine on my bc but never been called that. I was Katie when I was little and Kate now. So I'm bias! I like my name but I'd probably give your dd the option of different nn as she gets older and put Katherine on bc (or kathryn/catherine)

Hothothotsummer · 18/06/2017 21:15

I think I prefer Kate

Scrumpernickel · 18/06/2017 21:15

I'm not a massive fan of Katie but do love Kate. A crisp and cool name whereas Katie is cutsie.

notangelinajolie · 18/06/2017 21:15

Yes to Katie - Katherine on bc. Gorgeous name.

Funnyfarmer · 18/06/2017 21:14

Drives me mad when people don't pronounce the 't' properly
this also when my db wrote KT on her birthday card Angry

Funnyfarmer · 18/06/2017 21:13

Brilliant name.
We have a Katie. Didn't want to use the full name because it's her aunts name.
Didn't want them to become big Katherine and little Katherine.
Also having to constantly correct everyone who reads her name before they meet her.
Plus her names "Katie" perfectly acceptable stand alone name. Not as if it's jaz or liv

Snap8TheCat · 18/06/2017 21:05

We have a Katie though spell it Katey. She's not Katherine on her BC and there's only one other in her year group so not too popular (she's 12).

Dixiestamp · 18/06/2017 21:05

Very similar name here and I don't have Katherine on my birth certificate! Good name.

Borntoflyinfirst · 18/06/2017 21:02

We have a Katie. Katherine on her birth certificate. Drives me mad when people don't pronounce the 't' properly but otherwise still love it.

TheNumberfaker · 18/06/2017 20:52

Same as sum.

It's a classic and won't sound as dated as some other names.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 18/06/2017 20:50

^ This. Great name, though Wink

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 18/06/2017 20:50

^ This. Great name, though Wink

SumAndSubstance · 18/06/2017 20:43

I really like it, but I would put Katherine on the birth certificate. I am a bit uptight about full names though!

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