Given name & surname
Kati
“one who is pure; virginal”
Kati is a variant of Katherine. In Greek use, Katherine carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kati is a variant of Katherine. In Greek use, Katherine carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kati is a diminutive of Katherine. Katherine comes from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Kati is a diminutive of Katherine. In Slovenian usage, Kati is a diminutive of Katarina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Kati is a variant of Katherine. The history of Katherine gives this family its wider story. Katherine’s historical associations include Catherine de’ Medici, wife of King Henry II and regent.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Kati through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,772
- 0 boys · 4,772 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 261 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 261 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,037 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kati’s family of names
In English usage, Kati is a diminutive of Katherine. In Finnish usage, Kati shares a linguistic root with the English form Katie. In Estonian usage, Kati has a related form in Catherine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kati has relatives in 7 languages.
14 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kati
- Kati WilhelmGerman cross-country skier and biathleteborn 1976
- Kati WolfHungarian singerborn 1974
- Kati KovácsHungarian recording artist; actress and singerborn 1944
- Kati PiriHungarian-born Dutch politicianborn 1979
- Kati MartonAmerican writerborn 1949
- Kati HornaHungarian born Mexican artist (1912-2000)
- Kati TolmoffEstonian badminton player (born 1983)
- Kati WinklerGerman ice dancerborn 1974
- Kati SundqvistFinnish cross-country skierborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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