Entry № 5307 · English origin

Katy Katy — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KAY-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Pure (iconic Katy Perry - 5 Diamond singles)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "pure (iconic katy perry - 5 diamond singles)".

Katy is the English diminutive of Katherine — from the Greek katharos (pure). Princess Katy — English-American heritage naming.

Pure (English diminutive).

The name in its native script.

Katy
Transliteration
Katy
Pronunciation
/ ˈkeɪ.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Katy stands.

Katy does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Katys before her.

Real people
Katy Perry
Iconic American pop + 5 Diamond singles (record) + Super Bowl XLIX.
born 1984
In fiction
Katy
English diminutive of Katherine.

Names connected to Katy.

The number behind Katy.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Katy reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.