Kathy - Meaning of Kathy

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[ 2 syll. kat-hy, ka-thy ] The baby girl name Kathy is pronounced as KEY-TH-iy- †. Kathy is used predominantly in English and its origin is Old Greek. Kathy is a familiar form of the name Katherine (English).

See also the related categories, english and greek.

Kathy is uncommon as a baby girl name. 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 fallen out of favor since then, and is currently of very modest use. Within the family of girl names directly related to Kathy, Katherine was the most popular in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Kathy include Kathi (English), Kathie (English), Cathie (English), Cathy (English), K.D., Kadah, Kadee (English), Kadey (English), Kadi (English), Kadie (English), Kady (English and Irish), Kadye, Kaedi (English), Kaety (English), Kaidy, Kaitee, Kaiti (English), Kastha (Indian), Kata (Czech and Hungarian), and Katee (English).

† Pronunciation for Kathy: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

A famous person named Kathy is Kathy Ireland, Model, born 8 March 1963, Santa Barbara, California.