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Katy vs Kady - What's the difference?

katy | kady | Alternative forms |

Kady is a alternative form of katy.



As nouns the difference between katy and kady

is that katy is an apple cultivar from Sweden while kady is a man's straw hat.

As a proper noun Katy

is a female given name, diminutive of Katherine and of its variant forms.

katy

English

Alternative forms

* (as a female name) Catie, Caty, Katie

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A female given name, diminutive of Katherine and of its variant forms.
  • The Missouri, Kansas and Texas (M.K.T) Railroad.
  • She caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride. Song title.
  • A village in Poland
  • A city in Texas
  • An unincorporated community in West Virginia
  • Quotations

    * 1876 Elizabeth Prentiss: Stepping Heavenward, and Aunt Jane's Hero . Ward, Lock&Tyler 1876. page 87: *: The very first thing, however, Ernest annoyed me by calling me Katherine, though he knows I hate that name, and want to be called Katy as if I were a lovable person, as I certainly am (sometimes).

    Noun

    (Katies)
  • An apple cultivar from Sweden
  • kady

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cady * katy * caddy

    Noun

    (kadies)
  • A man's straw hat
  • References

    * EtymOnline * "kady" in Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ©2002