Meanings
- A diminutive of the female given names Katherine, Kathleen, and related names .
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During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy - - - At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt - - - When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail.
1991, Margaret Atwood, Wilderness Tips, →ISBN, page 36
Origin
Shortening.
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Kath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kath
“Kath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kath. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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