Opinions on this name!!

[BrookeLively]

Me and DH recently discovered the name kitty and thought it could be an option for our DD. Any thoughts??

I love Kitty!

Love it!

It's ok but make it Katherine on the birth cert.

It's fine apart from Hello Kitty.

Love it but agree Katherine on birth certificate

It's cute! I know a kitty in her 20s very cool name

I like it but I wouldn't do as previous posters have advised and put something else on her birth certificate

It depends on the local accent. In my area it would most likely be pronounced Ki-ee (Ki pronounced as in kit but without the T, ee pronounced as in fee but without the F) and that would put me off.

Katherine “Kitty” would be best for professional purposes and for flexibility if she wants a more formal name. Jane Austen did it, so why not you?

I'm another who wouldn't put something other than Kitty on the bc.
If it is good enough for Earl Spencer's daughter and Ms Dimbleby, why would she need a 'formal' name?

It is a bit twee and young sounding. I think giving a child options is best because perhaps she doesn’t want a pet name? I really like Kitty, but from my perspective, Katherine “Kitty” makes sense, just like Joshua “Josh” makes sense and it doesn’t seem unnecessary or unnatural to have a formal name.

Or Catherine! I like that spelling more than Katherine I think.

Or Catharine.

Love it and would definitely put it like that on the birth certificate

Love it!

Love it.

Love it

I know one who is Caterina.

Too cutesy. Bit stripper.

Katherine is ok

Horrid, sounds childish. Also, to me it doesn’t sound like a proper name.

Like it as a nickname.

It’s OK as long as neither the middle name or the surname is Hope. Kitty Hope sounds like a cat sanctuary yes, I know a child with this name.

I like it as a nickname / shortened version of Catherine or maybe Catriona? I think on its own on the BC, it's one of those names she may hate you for giving her. Sorry, it's just a bit silly as a full name. And I'm definitely not one of those people who insists there must longer name on BC and I do like different and nature inspired names. But kitty is a bit childish for an actual cat. Bit much to saddle a grown woman with it imo. Which is why I'd give her the option of Catherine.

Must be a*

Love it but it's a nn for Katharine/Catherine. Just as Lizzie is a nn for Elizabeth and Maggie/Meg/Peggy for Margaret. I could go on. Ned nn Edward, Kit nn Christopher, Mandy nn Amanda, Penny nn Penelope, Tony nn Anthony.