Girl's name
Cáit
“KAWT”
IPA: /kɑːtʲ/
a pet form of Caitríona
The story behind the name
Woulfe calls it simply 'very common' — the everyday Irish for Kate, and the name half the Catherines in Ireland were actually called.
Famous people with this name
- Cáit Keane (born 1949) — Irish politician
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Cáit on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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