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My favorite form is Yekaterina, though Katarina more then Katherine and Yekaterina. Maybe Kathleen as well. I actually prefer Katarina to Katherine or Catherine. It sounds better then Katie.

It’s a bit childish I think, but I dig it in a retro kitsch kind of way.

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I went to school with a Katrina “Kitty”

I met my first Kitty when I was 12 years old and laughed my head off. It seemed really silly then. Now I think it's fine although I do prefer Kit. Any Katherine (and variants) would work as fns. I've personally known five people name Kitty / Kit (two named Kathryn, two named Katherine, one Katrina who was called Kit).

This message was edited 11/12/2017, 9:44 AM

It was my great-grandmother's full name. I really like it.

Katherine and Catherine I guess? Tbh it makes me think of cats, moe than anything else.

I like it! I would use Kitty as a NN for Katherine or Kaitlyn.

I love Kitty, in full, she’s one of my favourites. Very fun, energetic, light, and playful. I’m actually wearing an ‘I love cats’I t-shirt rn, so there’s that too. I’ve thought about Catiana nn Kitty, and I really like Tabitha nn Kitty (Tabitha —> Tabby —> Kitty), but there aren’t many longer forms I love as much as Kitty.

Honestly, I think it sounds like the name of a stripper. I think it can be a nickname for Katrina or Katherine.

Cute for a kid but I think it's too childish for a grown woman.

This message was edited 11/11/2017, 11:57 AM

I'd only use it for a cat. My husband named a cat Hey Kitty years and years ago, and I generically call any cat I'm trying to make friends with Kitty. Also Boo-Boo, Sugar Bear or Sugar Booger.

I love Kitty! I like either Katherine or Kathleen with the nn Kitty!

Only Katharine, really. In Middlemarch, Dorothea's sister Celia is known as Kitty, which I always thought was too much of a stretch. I suppose Kathleen could work as well.

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ETA I really like Kitty as a human name, probably because I've had more than enough of Kathy, Kate, Katie.

This message was edited 11/11/2017, 10:55 AM

I know someone who uses Kitty, it suits her. I wouldn't use Kitty personally, even though I love Katherine and Katarina. You have to be a specific type of person to pull it off .

I love it! It does remind me a tad of the annoying sister in Pride and Prejudice but that doesn't dampen my love for it. I especially like Keturah "Kitty", but also Katharine (only this spelling), and Kathleen, for honouring reasons.

Hi RDNZL !!!

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I love Kitty as full name.
It is sweet, elegant and simple!

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It could be NN for a lot of names.
But I prefer it on its own.

How about Kitty as a nn for...

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Cateline
Catrin
Catriona
Felina