Then I remembered Kate Beckett (I've been reading Nikki Heat novels, and aren't they BAD?) and did a shallow search via wikipedia.
Yes. I love how bad they are.

fictional detectives whose first name (if sometimes shortened) is Kate. Why so many?
28/01/2012 03:19:52 AM
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No idea.
28/01/2012 10:41:15 AM
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Why are so many male action heroes John or Jack? For women it's a feminine, tough & generic name
28/01/2012 12:19:38 PM
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Re: When I write my own hardboiled detective, I'm gonna name her Taylor Swift.
02/02/2012 02:56:59 AM
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Monosyllabic names sound tougher. And the pink half of the baby-naming book is short on those.
28/01/2012 12:27:40 PM
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