Càthy

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Càthy is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 32nd most common given name. Recorded meaning: ° Pet form of }\Catherine and Catharine.

rarermore common
  • HKHong Kong≈1 in 803(inferred from the name graph)
  • CNChina≈1 in 552as Kathy
  • IEIreland≈1 in 594as Kathy

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Càthy itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,500,000 named Kathy, est.

#179 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
594 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 803 (inferred from the name graph)

Hong Kong, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

KathyLatin(measured from records)
קאסיHebrew(measured from records)
카트Hangul(measured from records)
แคทตThai(measured from records)
КэссиCyrillic(measured from records)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Kathy in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 4 more and Cathy in CN China, HK Hong Kong.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

° Pet form of }\Catherine and Catharine.

Sources 3

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Càthy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Càthy is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈2,500,000 est.≈1 in 552—Cathy76
US United States#76288,053as Kathy1 in 1.2K288KKathy594
GB United Kingdom#134≈67,000 est.≈1 in 98836Kathy269
CA Canada#49≈59,000 est.≈1 in 64314Kathy286
IT Italy#195≈46,000 est.≈1 in 1.4K1Kathy54
FI Finland—10,946as Kati1 in 50912K—17
HK Hong Kong#127≈9,000 est.≈1 in 803—Cathy71
IE Ireland#53≈8,700 est.≈1 in 594192Kathy102
SG Singapore#32≈8,600 est.≈1 in 720—Kathy89
NZ New Zealand#77≈7,300 est.≈1 in 67811Kathy120

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Càthy under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Càthy mean, and where does it come from?
° Pet form of }\Catherine and Catharine. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 1 other source.
Is Càthy a male or female name?
Càthy is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Càthy have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.5 million people named Kathy in China, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Càthy?
In the United States, the national register counted 288,053 people named Kathy in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 thousand residents.
How common is Càthy compared with other names?
In Singapore, Càthy is the 32nd most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Càthy” — the 32nd most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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