Given name & surname
Cat
“resembling the animal”
Cat is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “resembling the animal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “resembling the animal.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
In English usage, Cat is a diminutive of Catherine. In English usage, Cat is a diminutive of Caitlin.
Cat’s family of names
In English usage, Cat is a diminutive of Catherine. Cat has a related form in Catt. Cat has a related form in Catherine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cat
- Cat DeeleyEnglish television presenter, actress, singer and modelborn 1976
- Cat WhitehillAmerican soccer playerborn 1982
- Cat FergusonBritish cyclistborn 2006
- Cat Ostermansoftball playerborn 1983
- Cat ZinganoAmerican mixed martial artistborn 1982
- Cat BurnsBritish singer-songwriterborn 2000
- Cat SmithBritish politician (born 1985)
- Cat JaniceAmerican musician (1993–2024)
- Cat CoraAmerican chefborn 1967
Characters named Cat: Catelyn Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire), Cat Grant (fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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