Kate

Proper noun

1. A diminutive of the female given name Katherine and related names, also used as a formal given name.
   • Pet[ruchio]. […] Enter Katerina. / Good morrow Kate, for thats your name I heare. Kate. Well haue you heard, but ſomething hard of hearing: / They call me Katerine, that do talke of me. Pet. You lye infaith, for you are...
   • A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are Carolines. - - - A clergyman in my neighbourhood used to mistake the sound, and christen the babies Catharine; - a wise error, for Kate is a noble abbreviation....
   • "And I have such a horrible name. Think of it... Kate. Who would take Kate on a Moonlight Cruise...or out to the Minstrels at the point. If you ever do find me in the company of a strange young man, call me Irene....