Entry № 0484 · English, Greek origin

Cate Cate — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KATE /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English, Greek
Meaning
"Pure (Cate Blanchett, two-time Academy Award winner)"
Syllables
1
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Modern (English)

A name that means "pure (cate blanchett, two-time academy award winner)".

Cate is the C-spelling variant of Kate — from the Greek katharos (pure). **Cate Blanchett (born 1969)** — **Australian actress with eight Academy Award nominations and two wins: Best Supporting Actress for *The Aviator* (2004, playing Katharine Hepburn) and Best Actress for *Blue Jasmine* (2013)**. **Three BAFTAs, four Golden Globes, three SAG Awards, and the Volpi Cup at Venice (2007, 2022)**. **Co-Artistic Director of Sydney Theatre Company 2008-2012 with husband Andrew Upton**. **Played the elven queen Galadriel across six Peter Jackson Tolkien films (2001-2014)**. **United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador (since 2016) — has visited Lebanese, Jordanian, and Bangladeshi refugee camps**. **Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (2017)**. **Cate Le Bon** — Welsh musician. **Cate Edwards** — daughter of John Edwards.

Subject of countless cinema studies.

Pure. Two Oscars and eight nominations; UN refugee ambassador; Galadriel across six Tolkien films.

The name in its native script.

Cate
Transliteration
Cate
Pronunciation
/ keɪt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Cate stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Cate · last year
95 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Cates before her.

Real people
Cate Blanchett
Australian Oscar actress.
born 1969
Cate Le Bon
Welsh musician.
born 1983
In fiction
Galadriel
The Lord of the Rings films.
2001

Names connected to Cate.

The number behind Cate.

4

The Builder

Cate reduces to four — the number of two Oscars.

Why families chose this name.

"Blanchett's pure. Four letters. Cate."
Sarah · Mother of one · Melbourne