Katy

• (as a female name): Catie, Caty, Katie

The city in Texas was named after the MKT Railroad, called "the Katy" by railroad officials.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪti/
  • IPA^(key): [ˈkʰeɪ̯ɾi] (General American)

Katy

1. A female given name, diminutive of Katherine and of its variant forms.
2. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas (M.K.T) Railroad.

   She caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride. Song title.

3. A village in Poland
4. A city in Texas
5. An unincorporated community in West Virginia

• 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).

Katy (plural Katies)

1. An apple cultivar from Sweden

• Tayk, kyat