Around the world, Kete (Kete 
, كيتي 
, Кете 
) is quite a rare dominantly feminine, but infrequently boy's forename. The forename Kete is habitual in Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare principally girly, but scarcely male name, Egypt, where it is a rare feminine name, and South Africa, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Ethiopia, Egypt, and India. Likewise, Kete is the last name as well as the forename.
Kete is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Katy Keene , the comic book character; Katy Brown , the fictional character from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women; Katy Armstrong , the Fictional character, Coronation Street; Katy Fox , the Fictional character, Hollyoaks and Käthe Hansen Moosburger , character in Storm of Love.