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Kittie

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Pronounced KIT-ee /ˈkɪt.i/High

Meaning: Kittie is an old affectionate short form of Katherine, taken via the nickname Kitty. Katherine descends from the Greek Aikaterine, long linked to katharos, 'pure'. As a stand-alone birth name Kittie was common in the Victorian era, when pet forms were freely registered.Medium

In 30 seconds: Kittie is a Victorian pet form of Katherine, by way of Kitty (said 'KIT-ee'). Its parent traces to Greek and the sense 'pure'.
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Origin MediumEnglish, Greek
MeaningKittie is an old affectionate short form of Katherine, taken via the nickname Kitty. Katherine descends from the Greek Aikaterine, long linked to katharos, 'pure'. As a stand-alone birth name Kittie was common in the Victorian era, when pet forms were freely registered.
U.S. rank (1988)#11078 ↘ Falling
1988 U.S. births6 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1889
Total births (all-time)≈ 2,467

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 188918801988

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Kittie is a diminutive of Katherine that Victorian families used as a full given name. Katherine itself comes from the Greek Aikaterine, associated since antiquity with katharos, 'pure'. The Kitty/Kittie pet form was so familiar in the nineteenth century that parents wrote it straight onto the register; it crested around 1889 and had faded by the mid-twentieth century.

As formal names came back into fashion, Kittie slipped away, surviving only as a warm nickname. A brisk, two-beat name, it reads today as a great-great-grandmother's name — and, like several vintage -ie forms, a plausible candidate for the antique-revival trend.

Did you know? Kittie was popular enough in the eighteen-hundreds to stand on its own birth certificates, decades before Katherine's fuller forms took back over.
Overall data confidence 70%
Behind the Name — Katherine — parent name etymology

Variations

KittyKittyeCatherine

Nicknames

KitKitty

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If you like Kittie…

Hattie— a like Victorian -ie pet form used as a full name
Nettie— shares the brisk two-beat antique feel
Effie— another turn-of-century -ie nickname-name
Katherine— the formal parent name Kittie shortens

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Kittie mean?

Kittie is a pet form of Katherine, which comes from the Greek Aikaterine and is linked to katharos, 'pure'.

How do you pronounce Kittie?

It's said KIT-ee /ˈkɪt.i/ — two syllables, stress on the first.

Is Kittie a boy or girl name?

Kittie is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Kittie?

Kittie was a popular Victorian pet form that crested in the late eighteen-hundreds and became rare in the twentieth century.

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