Kitty

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Love, but not keen on Catherine (or any other spelling)

What else could Kitty be short for?

Katharina
Katinka
Kirsten

I love the name and agree you can just be Kitty.

Or double-barrel it. We have a Kitty-Clare in class and she is just lovely.

There are two Kittys in my class. One is Katherine but the other is Caitlyn

Kristen
Katrin

I know a Nikita with nn Kitty.

I'm Katie and a few people call me Kitty or Kit. Not really a shortened version though as both are the same amount of letters

But I agree that she could just be a Kitty.

DD has a friend who is just Kitty. A lovely name.

I have two worries - the potential for teasing (pussy) and does it have enough solidity for adult life (e.g serious job perhaps?)

Unfounded??

DH wanted Kitty to be DD2s name, but I vetoed it precisely because of the smutty teasing potential (pussy) that could ensue in her teens/adult life.

Great idea to hyphenate the name, though, or give one of the 'full' names with Kitty as the pet name.

Also, a friend of mine said that the right name has to be one where you can imagine the child as a Doctor, Lawyer or Rock Star. If you can imagine any name working for these professions, then it is 'solid' enough. I found the rip quite useful!

HTH! X

Tip, not rip ... chucks iPhone up the wall

We have Kathleen Louisa (both mine and hubby's nan's names), she is 11 months and known everywhere drs, nursery as Kitty- I absolutely love it! still think how cool it is when said out loud. Though not that keen on it becoming too popular though so keep it quiet!

I think it is traditionally a diminutive of Katherine/Catherine but anything similar would be an obvious choice:
Caitlin
Catalina
Caterina
Catrin
Kathleen
Katia
Katrina

Maybe another name begining with Ki: Kimberly?

Or maybe even something like: Christina or Kismet?

But if you don't like Katherine/Catherine or anything related, I'd either:

1. Call her Kitty on the birth certificate or

1. Call her another name you like - say, Elizabeth or Olivia or whatever it may be - and call her Kitty from birth as a nickname. That way, she's the option of using a more formal name professionally etc but has a charming family name too.

Couple more suggestions: Charlotte? Colette? Christine? Crystal? Kirsty?

Bit of a stretch but Felicity or Felicia (since they sound like 'feline')?

Or Léonie or Leona since they mean lion?

Or Tabitha? Tabby cat > kitty kat > Kitty?

I really don't think Kitty needs to be derivative though so I'd pick my favourite 'sensible' name and go with that on the birth certificate but use Kitty as her nickname.

HELLOooooo