Cate \c(a)-te\ as a girl's name is a variant of Catherine (Greek), Kate and Katherine (Greek), and the meaning of Cate is "pure".

The baby name Cate sounds like Cade, Caty, Cato, Catie, Cati, Cathe, Cath, Catey, Cat and Catee. Other similar baby names are Caye and Tate.