Opinions on the name Katie?

[HoneyLeaf]

This isn't my bump's name - just thinking, atm :)

Sorry but it makes me think of Price and Hopkins.

Traditionally (not sure if relevant) ie or y endings of shortened names imply 'little' so I find it odd when used for a grown woman.

I really dislike it. Kate and Katherine are beautiful though but the 'ie' hurts my ears. Shame to spoil a classic name IMO.

I love it but ONLY if you use it as a shortening of Katherine. On its own its silly as you then leave an adult with a cutesy name.

The ie ending ruins a very chic name.

Katie - childlike.
Kate - much better.

DD is officially Kathryn but known as Katie, the idea being that when she got older she could choose for herself how she wanted to use it. By the time she was 7 she'd eschewed her "baby name" and asked to be called her full name at school. She's only Katie now to immediate family. I was a bit sad in a way that she outgrew it so quickly but also glad that we'd given her that flexibility.

My best friend is a Katie (in her 30's). Doesn't seem 'cutesy' at all, it's just her.

Love it as a nickname.

Afraid I'm not keen on it as a full name.

I don't really get why you can shorten a name from a longer name, but can't do the opposite - who made that rule?

If you call a child Kate/Katie, why on earth can't they lengthen there name if they choose?

I know people that use there middle name rather than first name, who lengthen there name and others who use a totally different first name - Frederick who chooses to be known as James

Kate with nn Katie

My Katie is 19. Strong willed. Independent. She is Katherine.

I love her name

My sister is Katrina shortened to Katie but now she's older more often than not she's called Kate. It's never seemed cutesy, but i do think it's nice to have options with a name.

My DD is in her mid twenties and is called Katie Alice

So I am biased too

I have a katie but im calling her kate more now as she gets older.

Lovely name. One of my best friends is a Katie who is just Katie on the BC and I think that's fine.

I know a few of them: still very popular but not a name I would have chosen

I think it's very pretty. Sweet and elegant. I'd definitely consider it. Only thing is though it reminds me of you know who.I think we all know who Im refering to. How dare she have such a beautiful name.

I like it. Vicky is 80s to me, we had loads of Vic's, Rachel's Emma's, and a fair few Katie's but they are all lovely names, without the autocorrect apostrophes of course, unless you like unique names.

not keen personally -it does seem dated to me.

I agree with those who have said it's a little girl's name as well - why not go with Katherine or Kate and then use Katie when she's little? At least she has options when she's older then?

Kate is much nicer. Cooler and less saccharine.

It's not dated. DD's reception class has two. It's still very popular. Go for it.

And as for those saying options. There's nothing stopping a Katie calling herself Kate when she's older, just like Katherine.

I don't really get why you can shorten a name from a longer name, but can't do the opposite - who made that rule?

You can call whatever you like. There's no law saying you can't. Only thing is they need to be aware what's on their birth certificate/passport. Plenty of Matts, Daves, Sams and Steves that aren't spelt that way on their official documents. (And you can't board a plane having a ticket saying Steve Jobs if you are actually officially Stephen). I have a cousin that goes by a new first name and the only thing that's common with his birth one is the first initial letter. His birth name is very 'unique'.

So nothing stopping a Katie calling herself Catherine at work.

As a shortening of Katherine I like it. I have a name that is more commonly shortened and as a teen I hated my long name, but now as 39yr old, well since i was about 30 have always preferred the long version.

It was on the list for dd, although at the time I was working and friends with a Cat (Catherine) and as much as I really liked her, I didn't want her to think we were naming our daughter after her. DD has a name that according to MN is equally as boring as Katie/Kate, but there is only one other in her school, unlike Chloe, Grace, Freya, Bella, Darcie for which there are lots in each year. (dd is yr 5)

I'm a Katie, late 30s, senior professional role. Always Katie, NEVER a Kate.

I also know a couple of young Katies aged from 4 to early 30s, but IMO it's not as common as other names Ellie- May, Lily-May, Amelia

Katie Price
Katie Hopkins

That's all.