Kat

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Kat is a common nickname for the feminine given name Katherine, Kathleen, Katarina, and variations. It is also a homonym or whimsical spelling for "cat".

Kat may refer to:

In comics:

• Apathy Kat, comic book by Harold Buchholz
• Krazy Kat, comic strip created by George Herriman that appeared in U.S. newspapers

In modelling:

• Kat, latino pornstar from LA, California
• Kat Gutierrez, American model of Filipino descent from Los Angeles, California

In music:

• Kat (band), a Polish heavy metal music group
• Kat Bjelland, the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Babes in Toyland
• The Great Kat, a female heavy metal guitarist

In acting:

• Kat Dennings, American actress
• The Kat, American former professional wrestler and valet

In sports:

• Katarina Witt, figure skater, sometimes called "Kat"

In fiction:

• Kat Farrell, fictional character existing in Marvel Comics' Marvel Universe
• Kat Moon, fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Kat Nipp, villainous anthropomorphic cat in Disney's Mickey Mouse universe
• SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, a cartoon series about a fictional world populated by anthropomorphic "kats"
• Louanne "Kat" Katraine, fictional pilot in the 2004 Battlestar Galactica television series.
• Kat (Power Rangers), the famous nickname for the female Rangers in the Power Rangers franchise.

In other fields:

• Kit Kat, confection originally created by Rowntree Limited of York, England and now made by Nestlé
• a nickname for radio station KATM
• Kat, a groupie for the rock band Avenged Sevenfold who's main responsibility is balancing their karma and providing them with psychadelic mind altering substances to help them break down their mental barriers and perform truly beautiful music. Rock on.

[edit] See also

• CAT
• Cat (disambiguation); especially the animal Cat (and other felines and certain things named after it) in Dutch
• Khat
• List of names derived from Aikaterinē