What is the Irish for Katie?

CÁITÍN, genitive idem (the same), Katie, Katty; diminuitive of Cáit, which see.
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What is the meaning for the name Katie?

Save to list. Girl. English. English short form of Katherine, which is from the Greek katharos, meaning "pure".
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What is the most popular Irish girl name?

These are the most popular baby girl names in Ireland.
  • Sophia.
  • Molly.
  • Saoirse.
  • Sadie.
  • Evie.
  • Kate.
  • Aoife.
  • Freya.
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What country is the name Katie from?

The name Katie is girl's name of English, Greek origin meaning "pure". Friendly mega-popular short form of Katherine that has definitively replaced Kathy, Katie is often given on its own. Going forward, though, Katie is more stylishly clipped itself to the grownup Kate.
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What do you call a pretty Irish girl?

1. colleen - an Irish girl.
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What is the prettiest Irish name?

The 11 Most Beautiful Irish Names and What They Mean
  • Saoirse. Saoirse (pronounced seer-sha) is a feminine name that rose to popularity during the 1920s. ...
  • Caoimhe. ...
  • Aoife. ...
  • Fionnoula. ...
  • Dáithí ...
  • Cara. ...
  • Ardál. ...
  • Aisling.
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Is Katie a Catholic name?

Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria.
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How old is the name Katie?

Katie has been in use as an independent given name in America since the government began tracking naming trends back in 1880. In fact, the name was quite popular at the turn of the 20th century.
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What is the biblical name for Katie?

Katie is baby girl name mainly popular in Christian religion and its main origin is Greek. Katie name meanings is A familiar form of katherine.
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What should you not say in Ireland?

10 Things Tourists Should Never Say in Ireland
  • “I'm Irish”
  • Quizzing about potatoes.
  • Anything about an Irish car bomb.
  • “Top of the morning to you”
  • “Everything is better in… (insert large city)”
  • “St Patty's Day”
  • “Do you know so-and-so from…”
  • “I love U2”
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What is the Gaelic name for beautiful?

Aoife. Aoife is a Gaelic women's name meaning “beautiful” or “radiant.”
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What is the Irish name for love?

'Grá' is the Irish word for love

In Irish, depending on the context, spellings of words also change. Therefore, very often, you will see different spellings of the same word. For example, the word for love is 'grá,' and in some contexts, it is spelled 'ghrá. '
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What is Katie in Latin?

Catherina. Dbnary: Wiktionary as Linguistic Linked Open Data.
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Is Katie a British name?

The name Katie is primarily a female name of English origin that means Pure. Diminutive form of Kathleen or Katherine.
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Is Katie a Scottish name?

In Irish Baby Names the meaning of the name Katie is: Pure. Clear. From the Gaelic form Caitlin.
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Is Katie a French name?

Katie is French Girl name and meaning of this name is "Pure; Form of Katherine; Virginal".
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How do you spell Catherine in Irish?

Catherine came to Ireland with Christianity. Revered for her courage and purity, Catherine in the Irish form, Cathleen, became such a popular name that W. B. Yeats chose it for the heroine of his 1899 play “The Countess Cathleen” which was inspired by an Irish folktale.
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Is Gemma an Irish name?

Gemma is Irish Girl name and meaning of this name is "Jewel; Precious Stone; Gem".
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What is the male version of Katherine?

Cathrinus is a Latinized masculine version of the feminine name Katherine.
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What is the most Irish name ever?

O'Sullivan has to be the most Irish name ever. Also known as simply Sullivan, is an Irish Gaelic clan-based most prominently in what is today County Cork and County Kerry. The name means “dark-eyed”.
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What is the oldest surname in Ireland?

The earliest known Irish surname is O'Clery (O Cleirigh); it's the earliest known because it was written that the lord of Aidhne, Tigherneach Ua Cleirigh, died in County Galway back in the year 916 A.D. In fact, that Irish name may actually be the earliest surname recorded in all of Europe.
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What is the most Irish thing to say?

Here are 15 Irish expressions to break out on St. Paddy's Day:
  1. May the road rise up to meet you. ...
  2. Sláinte! ...
  3. What's the craic? ...
  4. May the cat eat you, and may the devil eat the cat. ...
  5. Two people shorten the road. ...
  6. Story horse? ...
  7. On me tod. ...
  8. Acting the maggot.
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