Kate is the English short form of Katherine — from the Greek katharos (pure). **A top-100 US baby name continuously from 1880 through the present**. **Catherine "Kate" Middleton (born 1982)** — **the Princess of Wales since her husband William's accession to the title in 2022; her 2011 wedding was watched by an estimated 2 billion people worldwide and is widely considered the most-watched royal event in history**. **Kate Moss (born 1974)** — British supermodel whose 1990s heroin-chic aesthetic, discovered at 14 at JFK Airport, redefined fashion modeling. **Kate Bush (born 1958)** — English singer-songwriter; her 1985 *Running Up That Hill* topped global charts in 2022 after featuring in *Stranger Things*, 37 years after release. **Kate Winslet (born 1975)** — British actress; Oscar (*The Reader*, 2008). **Kate Hudson, Kate Mara, Kate Beckinsale, Kate McKinnon, Kate Spade, Kate Hepburn**.
Subject of countless royal biographies.
Kate reduces to one — the number of pure.