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I think it does, it's a nickname, but it's not such that it seems out of place in a combo with a middle name after. I prefer it as a nickname though because there's such a variety of full names to choose and those have such different characters.

It certainly works, although I'd prefer it as a nickname for something like Katharine, Kathleen, Hecate, Catalina, Kateri, etc. Even then i prefer Kate to Katie.

Yeah, it works, it's just boring. I hear it a thousand times a day at the high school, so if I were you, I would use something else.

I think if it is Cady, then it can definitely work as its own name.

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I love Cady and Kate-sounding names. Especially:
Caitlin
Katharine
Katerina
Catriona
and just Kate

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I don't really like Katie that much. I think it's a fine NN for a kid but I would probably just go directly to the NN Kate from day 1. Unless you are talking about Cady - in which case, I fully support.

As my name is Katie, I feel like I might offer a different view on this name!
It isn't my given name and I like it that way. Katie is a nickname for Katerina. I think just being Katie alone would be weird, as I don't think it has enough substance to hold its own. Another perk is that though it is my name, I do love when I'm called Kate, as it feels more sophisticated/less childish. I do think it's cute and not a bad name by any means; it's simple to pronounce, (most) people can spell it with no problem, and I haven't met that many Katie's meaning there isn't usually a time where I had to be Katie C.

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I think it's a great nickname to be used with many names, usually Katherine, but I love Katerina as mine, and I wouldn't use it as a stand alone first name.

It works in the sense that it is a real name easy to spell and pronounce.

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But I really, really, really hate it. It's so gooey and icky-sweet. It's a generic pwecious-wittle-pwincess-next-door name. I picture a little girl with fat bright-pink cheeks and pigtails, simpering and giggling and being so obnoxiously adorable that I want to hit her.
On a grown woman it's just that much worse.

i think it works for people under the age of 16. It’s quite childish to me.

It's too nicknamey to use as a full name... I know it's been done, but I really don't like it used as the full name... Feels too babyish/childish on a grown-up. Thus, it doesn't sound very professional. People can always choose to go by a nn if they prefer it for everyday use, but since a parent doesn't know when a child is born what line(s) of work the child will go into in the future, it's prob'ly wisest to choose a name that is at least somewhat substantial and "grown up", whether common or not so common. Even Kate -nicknamey as it is- would be better since one's more likely to first picture a grown-up Kate than a grown up Katie... Katie automatically pulls up a little kid image... just like Susie, Bobby (on a boy... On a woman, it's different though... Seems a number of fem versions of male names or male-sounding names can have grown women get away with the y/ie endings on them... Ricki and Toni also work like that), Sammy, Joey, Chrissy, Lizzie, Candy, Tommy, Mandy, Ruthie, etc. will likely make people think of a little kid before they think of an adult. It's different if the ie/y ending name is NOT short for a bunch of other names (names like Chelsey and Verity and such)... It also means that a person bearing the nicknamey name will constantly be having to correct people who make assumptions about their name being short for something else and be asked repeatedly why her parents never gave her a "real name". Childish-sounding names don't stand so well on their own in the long run. There were a few people in uni who addressed me by the more childish version of my mn (went by my mn for a couple years), but ONLY certain people were allowed to call me that...

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Yes I think it definitely works. I prefer Kate to Katie but am not sure if this works quite as well as a full name. Katie is so much better than as a nickname for Katherine - in my opinion.

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