All over the world, كاتو (Kato 
, Cato 
, كاتو 
) is a common epicene forename. The first name كاتو is habitual in Georgia, where it is quite a common feminine name, Belgium, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Norway, where it is quite a rare male name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Nigeria, India, and China. Likewise, كاتو is the last name as well as the forename.
كاتو is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kato , the fictional character from The Green Hornet; Cato , the fictional character, The Hunger Games; Cato the Younger , the fictionalised Cato of Utica in "Rome"; Kato , the fictional character in Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren, Mio in the Land of Faraway and Cato Isaksen .