Name Help...I Need Your Opinion

[katiej]

My name is Katherine, but I've always gone by Kate.  My user name here is Katie, and I actually like Katie better and it goes better with my last name.  But I've always thought it seems like a little girl's name.  Yes, Katie Couric, Katie Holmes, etc.  It still seems young.  I'm 37 and work as a finance executive.  My personality is not very serious, but my life is in a lot of ways.

What do you all think?  Can I pull off Katie, or should I stick with Kate? 

[Sunderland]

I think you're definitely a Katie.

[JLT1]

Kate at work.  Katie to friends and family. ...

Hugs

Jen. (Jennifer at work)

[katiej]

Jen, that's good advice.  And it's kind of what I've been leaning towards.

[Lady_Oracle]

well estrogen makes us forever young so its perfect if thats the way you feel about the name katie! 

[katrinaw]

Love Katie, Katie, but maybe it's Kate or Katherine at work...

I picked Katrina, many, many years ago, but loved the simplicity of Katy, rather than Kat for me... In formal occasions I would definately use Katrina....  By the way the initials of my Birth name and Katy are the same... So signatures don't change when I get it all together 

L Katy 

[ImagineKate]

Hey Kate

(I'm not Kate but I just play one on TV.)

I think you can use Katherine for more formal stuff and abbreviate it to Kate. Just my opinion.

I picked Renee but it kinda doesn't fit. My mom suggested Rhea and I like it. It's appropriate for my national origin too. However to me it sounds like a little girls name. All names sound like that. It's so hard to choose one... Ugh.

[katiej]

The only Rhea I've ever known was my friend's mother, so it definitely doesn't sound like a little girl to me.

I think the little kid issue is the same for a lot of names that end in -y or -ie.  Danny, Mikey, Katie, etc.

[katrinaw]

The only Rhea I've ever known was my friend's mother, so it definitely doesn't sound like a little girl to me.

I think the little kid issue is the same for a lot of names that end in -y or -ie.  Danny, Mikey, Katie, etc.

Good point Katie, about the about the "y" or "ie" at the end of the abbreviated name.... But hey we are reborn 

L Katy 

[Tori]

Yes. You can pull it off.

Look, most people do not choose their names or nicknames. We get to.

Pick a name you like hearing because you will hear it a lot.

[Rachel]

Kate at work.  Katie to friends and family. ...

I think this works well.