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Kittie

Gender
Girl
Say it
KIT-ee
Origin
Greek

Kittie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “associated with katharos, pure”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Kittie mean?

Greek: spelling of Kitty; pet form of Katherine

“associated with katharos, pure”

Old pet form of Katherine; Kitty Bennet is one of the five sisters in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

Meaning borrowed from Kitty. More on Wiktionary.

Is Kittie a girl's or a boy's name?

Kittie is a girls' name.

How popular is Kittie in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 girls.

Half of all the girls named Kittie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

2000Busiest: 9 in 20102022
Kittie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20223#5,885
20210–
20200–
20194#4,904
20184#4,914
20174#4,967
20160–
20150–
20140–
20134#4,953
20127#3,471
20118#3,041
20109#2,741
20096#3,603
20084#4,742
20073#5,415
20066#3,280
20058#2,555
20041#6,173
20034#3,768
20024#3,556
20010–
20004#3,399

Names like Kittie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Kittie

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Kittie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kittie, updated 20 October 2026.