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Katie is a nickname itself. I understand that in this case it's been used as a name in its own right, but it is so nicknamey that it doesn't need a nickname! A nickname for a nickname? Just changing one syllable? It seems really pointless.

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I am fine with Katie but I think it should only be used as a nickname for Katherine. I am fine with Kitty, also, to an extent. It's cute, and it has old-timey charm, but, just like Katie, I think it should only be used as a nickname for Katherine. More so for Kitty, because there is something very childish about it. It's fine to call a baby or a little girl Kitty, but she should have options once she becomes an adult, in case she thinks that Kitty is too babyish to be taken seriously, say, as a professional. I know that I would feel that way, if Kitty were my name. Kitty Carlisle notwithstanding. Although it's entirely possible that nobody here as even heard of Kitty Carlisle!