Meaning of name Tate

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Meaning

The name Tate has the following meaning:

One who brings happiness to others.

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

Popularity

See worldwide popularity rankings of Tate as a baby name (outside USA)

As a baby boy name, Tate is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 411 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Tate fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 10 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 442 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Tate in the USA, over the past 100 years.

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Pronunciation

The name Tate is pronounced as tay-t

Origins

Tate originates from the English language.
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Related names

The following names are baby names related to Tate and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Tate: Boys - Arlo, Brenton, Burrell, Cloyd, Dayton, Dearborn, Deems, Denver, Derrick, Dover, Durwin, Edd, Forrest, Geary, Haywood, Isham, Kent, Kinley, Lindell, Lorne, Morton, Girls - Addyson, Aletha, Cheryle, Delisa, Fronia, Heaven, Icie, Icy, Jane, Janice, Latonya, Maryann, Maryanne, Myla, Unique, Willene, Both genders - Dell, Ella, Emery, Hadley, June, Laken

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Tate: Taet, Taete, Tah, Tait, Taite, Taitt, Tayt, Tayte

Style

We think the name Tate should fall under the following style category: Cool.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Tate to be: Friendly and dependable chap

In one word, you might describe Tate as a(n) "dependable" person.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Tate (or its variants) are:

Tate Armstrong , born on 5 October, a famous basketballer. Tate Armstrong 's background: A retired American basketball player. He won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 13th pick of the 1977 NBA Draft and played two years with the Bulls.

Tate Buckley Donovan, born on 25 September, a famous actor. Tate Buckley Donovan's background: An American film and television actor and director.

Tate Claude George , born on 29 May, a famous basketballer. Tate Claude George 's background: An American former professional basketball player who was selected by the New Jersey Nets with the 22nd overall pick in the 1990 NBA Draft from the University of Connecticut. He played a total of four years in the NBA for the Nets and Milwaukee Bucks averaging 4.2 points per game in his career.