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Kitty

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McQueenie · 20/05/2021 19:50

Just wanting to put the feelers out with this name for DD1?

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midsomermurderess · 20/05/2021 20:44

I really like it. The Coren's have called their daughter Kitty fwiw, so it's probably West London-mum friendly, despite the gasps from some here.

Subordinateclause · 20/05/2021 20:36

Taught a Kitty once - lovely girl. No one ever batted an eyelid at her name as far as I know. Some adults are called Cat and no one bothers about that, it's not so different really. It's is a very old fashioned name and you come across it quite a lot in literature if you start looking for it.

MrsTerryPratchett · 20/05/2021 20:33

Not as a given name. Fine for a baby, cute for a toddler, a teenager not so much, a grown woman nope.

GingerAndTheBiscuits · 20/05/2021 20:29

@Workinghardeveryday

People actually saying they like it!! I am genuinely surprised, sorry but I thought it was a joke!! Can you imagine how much stick the other kids would give a child named Kitty!!!
Mine’s 6 and hasn’t had any stick yet Grin it’s not her given name though, just a nickname that derives from her given name. There are several others she could use instead (as well as her full name) as she gets older if she chooses.
MadeOfStarStuff · 20/05/2021 20:24

Like it as a nickname for Katherine but not as a name on its own

Workinghardeveryday · 20/05/2021 20:21

People actually saying they like it!! I am genuinely surprised, sorry but I thought it was a joke!! Can you imagine how much stick the other kids would give a child named Kitty!!!

Pemba · 20/05/2021 20:20

Too cutesy as a name in its own right. Fine as a shortening for Catherine, Christina etc.

3CCC · 20/05/2021 20:16

I like Katherine or Katie with the nm kitty

SillyYak · 20/05/2021 20:15

I know an extremely competent and accomplished Kitty in my professional life. Great name.

sakura06 · 20/05/2021 20:11

I really like it!

cariadlet · 20/05/2021 20:11

It's really pretty and would suit a toddler but I'm not sure if it would work for an adult woman. I'd go for Kathryn or Katherine on the birth certificate and use Kitty as a nickname.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 20/05/2021 20:05

Not as a given name for me - it's lovely but quite cutesy sounding, so might not suit every adult. There are a lot of options for the birth certificate though (apart from the obvious Catherine variants like Katharina, Katia, Caitlin etc) - Kitty could be used as a nn for any of the "Chris" names too (Christina/Kristen/Kirsty/Christabel etc) or even Tabitha, Perdita, Sheba and Claudia too (thanks to the "cat" associations for those names).

Hidingunderablanket · 20/05/2021 20:05

Love it, so cute on a little one. The girl I know is Kathryn on the BC.

PieElla · 20/05/2021 20:04

It just reminds me of a sleazy bloke using it as a slang word for ... well, you know what. I don't know why, it's just the first thing I think of - followed by it being cliff Richards alleged sex name at the elm tree guest house

I appreciate the above is particular to me though! But to my ears, the name doesn't sound pretty

Blueskytoday06 · 20/05/2021 20:04

I love it! I was going to call my DD2 this but STX vetoed it

Twizbe · 20/05/2021 20:03

I liked it as a nn for Katherine. Not as a stand alone name.

Only decided against it because my eldest is known as Puppy in the family

daisypond · 20/05/2021 20:02

As short for Katherine, yes, but definitely not as a name in itself.

wildthingsinthenight · 20/05/2021 19:56

Love it. It was on my list

bigbeatmanifesto · 20/05/2021 19:56

Love it, I've only ever known one Kitty, I think hers was a nickname of Katherine.

omgthepain · 20/05/2021 19:55

God no it sounds like a cats 🐱 name

Katerina
Katie

But not Kitty

Alamindah · 20/05/2021 19:54

I love it too!

Onesipmore · 20/05/2021 19:53

I love it. It was on my list as I loved the character from Anna Karenina. Its not too out there or too over used either.

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