Kitty or Kittie is a feminine given name, an English diminutive of Katherine or Irish dimunitive of Caitlin and an extension of the hypocorism Kit.[1]
People
edit- Kitty (actor), Tamil actor Raja Krishnamurthy's stage name
- Kitty (drummer), a member of the band Mindless Self Indulgence
- Kitty (rapper), Florida hip-hop artist Kathryn Beckwith (born 1993)
- Kitty Barne (1883–1961), British writer
- George Kitty Bransfield (1875–1947), American baseball player
- Kittie Bruneau (1929–2021), Canadian painter and printmaker
- Kitty Burke, professional wrestler manager from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
- Kitty Canutt, American bronc rider
- Kitty Carlisle (1910–2007), American singer, actress and television personality, born Catherine Conn
- Caitlin Kitty Carruthers (born 1961), American figure skater
- Kitty Cheatham (1864–1946), American singer and monologist
- Kitty Cooper (born 1950), American bridge player
- Kittie Doswell (1939–2011), American R&B, soul and jazz vocalist
- Kitty Dukakis (born 1936), wife of Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis
- Kitty Ferguson (born 1941), American science writer
- Kitty Fisher (died 1767), British courtesan
- Kitty Flanagan (born 1968), Australian comedian, writer, and actress
- Kitty Petrine Fredriksen (1910–2003), Norwegian politician
- Catherina Kitty Geisow (1876-1958), New Zealand painter
- Kitty Genovese (1935–1964), American murder victim
- Kitty Joyner, (1916–1993), American electrical engineer
- Kitty Jutbring, (born 1977), Swedish reality television contestant, radio and television host, singer and DJ
- Kitty Kallen (1921–2016), American singer
- Kitty Kelley (born 1942), American writer
- Kitty Kelly (1902–1968), American actress
- Caroline 'Kitty' Kenney (1880 – 1952), sister of Annie Kenney, and British suffragette hunger striker
- kuppy kitty (1999-?) Dark web enthusiastic
- Kitty Lange Kielland (1843–1914), Norwegian painter
- Kitty Kiernan (1892–1945), Irish fiancée of Michael Collins
- Kitty Leroy (1850–1877), American Old West gambler, saloon owner, prostitute and trick shooter
- Kitty Margolis (born 1955), American jazz singer
- Kitty McShane (1897–1964), Irish actress
- Kitty O'Neil (1946–2018), American stuntwoman and racer
- Kitty Pilgrim (born 1954), American journalist
- Lady Kitty Spencer (born 1990), English model
- Kitty Ussher (born 1971), British politician
- Kitty van Haperen (born 1976), Dutch athlete
- Kitty Wells (1919–2012), American country music singer
- Kitty White (1923–2009), American jazz vocalist
- Kitty Wilkins (1857–1936), American horse breeder
- Kitty Winn (born 1944), American actress
- Chicha Amatayakul,formerly Kanyawee Poomsiridol,with a nickname Kitty (born 1993),Thailand actress and ex-member of Kiss Me Five.
Fictional characters
edit- Kitty Carter, An 18th century prostitute in the 2017 television series Harlots
- Kitty, an imaginary friend in Anne Frank's diary
- Princess Ekaterina "Kitty" Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya, in the novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- Miss Kitty, in the television western series Gunsmoke
- Kitty, in the anime series Kimba the White Lion
- Kitty (Danny Phantom), in the television series Danny Phantom
- Kitty Bell, in the Sailor Moon series
- Kitty Forman, in the television series That '70s Show
- Kitty Foyle, the title character of the 1939 novel Kitty Foyle and the 1940 film based on the novel
- Kitty Jones, in The Bartimaeus Trilogy novels by Jonathan Stroud
- Kitty Katswell, in the animated television series T.U.F.F. Puppy
- Kitty Keene, the title character of Kitty Keene, Inc., a 1937–1941 American radio show
- Kitty Ko, in the television series Sidekick
- Kitty Walker McCallister, in the television series Brothers & Sisters
- Kitty Norville, the title character of a series of urban fantasy novels by Carrie Vaughn
- Kitty Pryde, a superheroine from the Marvel Comics X-Men comics and films who goes by the name Shadowcat
- Kitty Ricketts, in the James Joyce novel Ulysses
- Kitty Sanchez, in the television series Arrested Development
- Kitty Wilde, in the television series Glee
- Kitty, the titular character from the Animated series, Kitty is Not a Cat
- Kitty, from the television series Danger Rangers
- Catherine "Kitty" Bennet, the fourth Bennet sister in Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice
- Kitty Edwards (née Hawkins), in the television series Mr Selfridge
- Kitty, a character from the animated series Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race
- Kitty Softpaws, a character from the animated film Puss in Boots
- Hello Kitty, also known as Kitty White
- Kitty Freekowtski, The name for the cat in the Tubi version of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.
- Kitty Cheshire, daughter of the Cheshire Cat in Ever After High
- Kitty, Laura's neighbor in The Hours (novel)
Notes
edit- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 160. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.