Kitty

English, diminutive of Katherine

"pure"

Kitty Origin and Meaning

The name Kitty is a girl's name of English origin meaning "pure".

This endearing nickname name is one Katherine pet form that predates all the Kathys and Katies, having been fairly common in the eighteenth century. With the current mini-craze for animal-related names, Kitty is sounding cute and cuddly again—she's already jumped back onto the U.K. list, at number 199.

Kitty was one of the Bennet sisters in Pride and Prejudice and was a character in Dickens's Bleak House; Ginger Rogers won an Oscar for her performance in Kitty Foyle, and vintage TV fans might remember the alluring Miss Kitty in Gunsmoke. Since then there have been pop culture Kittys galore, including Calista Flockhart's character on Brothers and Sisters, a mom on That 70's Show and Kitty Pryde, one of the X-Men.

Singer Kitty Carlisle was born Catherine, country singer Kitty Wells grew up as Muriel, and Presidential candidate's wife Kitty Dukakis was born Katharine.

A historical reference is Kitty Hawk, where the Wright brothers performed their aeronautical experiments.

Short form Kit has been used in recent years for several strong-willed movie heroines and may prove a lively alternative to Kate.

Kitty Rank in US Top 1000

# 897 in the US

Kitty Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 700 on Nameberry

Kitty Popularity

• 700 Nameberry 2024
• 702 England 2021
• 6 Cats 2023

20 Names Similar to Kitty

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Kitty.

• Kit
• Kiki
• Minnie
• Dolly
• Lottie
• Bee
• Coco
• Dixie
• Polly
• Bess
• Dottie
• Cat
• Tillie
• Bonnie
• Winnie
• Bunny
• Libby
• Lulu
• Birdie
• Bea

Famous People Named Kitty

• Catherine "Kitty" Carlisle American actress and singer
• Caitlin "Kitty" Carruthers American figure skater
• Kitty Peterkin English actress
• Katherine Tupper "Kitty" Winn American actress
• Kitty Flanagan Australian comedian, actor and writer
• Ellen Muriel "Kitty" Wells American Country Music singer
• Kitty Eleanor Spencer English model; daughter of Charles Spencer, Earl Spencer; niece of Diana, Princess of Wales
• Jennifer "Kitty" Dunn drummer of American rock band Mindless Self Indulgence
• Catherine Susan "Kitty" Genovese American 1964 murder victim
• Kitty stage name of Kathryn,Leigh Beckwith, American rapper
• Kitty Kallen (born Katherine Kalinsky) American pop singer
• Kitty Lange Kielland Norwegian painter
• Katharine "Kitty" Dickson Dukakis wife of U.S. politician Michael Dukakis
• Katharine "Kitty" O'Shea English mistress of Irish political leader Charles Parnell
• Kitty Székely (b. 2002) daughter of comedian/actor/writer Louis C.K.
• Kitty Kemp (b.2017) daughter of actor Ross Kemp; twin of sister Ava

Kitty in Pop Culture

• Catherine "Kitty" Bennet character in "Pride and Prejudice"
• Hello Kitty popular cartoon character (real name Kitty White)
• Miss Kitty Russell character on TV's "Gunsmoke"
• Ekaterina "Kitty" Alexandrovna Scherbackaya (Levin) character in Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina"
• Katherine "Kitty" Song Covey character in "To All the Boys I've Loved Before", "P.S. I Still Love You" and "Always and Forever, Lara Jean" by Jenny Han
• Katherine "Kitty" Forman character on TV's "That '70s Show"
• Kitty Montgomery Greg's mother on TV's "Dharma & Greg"
• Kitty Sanchez character on TV's "Arrested Development"
• Kitty Walker McCallister character on TV's "Brothers & Sisters"
• Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde character in the X,Men series
• Kitty Wilde character on TV's "Glee"
• Kitty character in "What's Left of Me" by Kat Zhang
• Kitty Skimpole character in Charles Dickens' "Bleak House"
• Kitty Hawkins character on TV's "Mr. Selfridge"
• Kitty Coleman character in "Falling Angels" by Tracy Chevalier
• "Kitty " novel by Rosamond Marshall, 1945 movie and main character
• Kitty Greenwood main character in novel "Kitty" by Warwick Deeping and 1929 movie
• Kitty Winter character on TV's "Elementary"
• Kitty Anne Frank's diary
• Kitty Hawk North Carolina, site of the world's first airplane flight
• Kitty Jones character in the "Bartimaeus" trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
• Kitty Flaherty character in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
• "Hello Kitty " song by Canadian singer Avril Ramona Lavigne
• Kitty Pryor character in the webcomic "Riverside Extras" by Miri Chamberlain
• Kitty Cheshire daughter of the Cheshire Cat in show and series "Ever After High"