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[ 2 syll. kat-hy, ka-thy ] The girl name Kathy is pronounced as KAETHiy †. Kathy is used predominantly in English and its origin is Old Greek. Kathy is a pet form of the name Katherine (English). Kathy is a classic favorite. Today it is still somewhat popular as a baby girl name, but not to the degree it was previously. The name's popularity grew from the 1930s up to the 1950s. At the height of its usage in 1958, 1.159% of baby girls were named Kathy. It was #14 in rank then. The baby name has seen a marked fall in popularity since then. In 2008, its usage was only 0.013% and its ranking #992. Within the family of girl names directly related to Kathy, Katherine was the most popular. In 2008, it was 20 times more regularly used than Kathy. Baby names that sound like Kathy include Kathi (English), Kathie (English), Cathee, Cathi (English), Cathie (English), Cathy (English), Kaatje (Dutch), Kadee (English), Kadey (English), Kadi (English), Kadie (English), Kady (English and Irish), Kadye, Kaedi (English), Kaety (English), Kaidi (English), Kaite (English), Kaitey (English), Kaiti (English), and Kaitie. A famous person named Kathy is Kathy Ireland, Model, born 8 March 1963, Santa Barbara, California.
† Pronunciation for Kathy: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
