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Kit - what could full name be?

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JojoMags · 01/02/2011 17:26

I don't like Christopher or Christian, but really like Kit. However, DH thinks its not a 'proper' name in its own right (and I kind of agree). Any ideas?

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heathcliffswife · 02/02/2011 22:22

I have a daughter Kitty :) The only Kester I ever knew was always nicknames Fester. So I think stick with Kit ! :)

Jajas · 02/02/2011 22:18

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NinkyNonker · 02/02/2011 22:16

I know a Kester, very opposite of chav.

whysolate · 02/02/2011 13:56

I used to work with a man called Kit.

I really like it as it is.

JamieLeeCurtis · 02/02/2011 13:54

Kevin? Grin

TitsalinaBumSquash · 02/02/2011 13:53

I went to school with a boy caaled Kitcher he was always called Kit.

JamieLeeCurtis · 02/02/2011 13:51

too

JamieLeeCurtis · 02/02/2011 13:51

The Kester I know is middle class. I think it's a nice name. I like Kit to, but I do agree it's a nn

greenzebra · 02/02/2011 13:17

I know a kester, we were childhood friends he was froma very ordinary family and he was the sweetest kid, I had a bit of a crush him.

My brother in law is a kit, its his nn his real name christopher but he doesnt use it.

iloveblue · 02/02/2011 11:27

I have a female cousin called Kester - the family are Irish, and I always though it was an Irish name. Definitely sounds masculine and better for a boy - I love the name Kit, would have it for DC3 but is too similar to my name.

DandyDan · 02/02/2011 10:45

Kit is fine on its own,
Kester from Kester Woodseaves in "Precious Bane", who is a bit of a lovely hero-type.

Hedwig3 · 02/02/2011 10:37

LoveAndSqualor I like your style!

Don't give them options later, they might just do that and switch to the name you didn't really like enough to use in the first place! Grin

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JojoMags · 02/02/2011 10:10

Brill. Thanks everyone. Don't think Crispin would get past DH veto, but Kester might. Our surname is v short 3-letter, one syllable so do need something longer that Kit as full name.

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josette · 01/02/2011 21:32

Kit is a lovely name and so is Kester. I first heard of Kester in a book I read as a teenager: The Precious Bane and it became my favourite book.
I know of a Kester in rl and he is from an middle-class horse-loving family

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LoveAndSqualor · 01/02/2011 21:12

My Kit turns three next month. I love the name - inspired in part by Kit's Wilderness, which goodlooksandcooks mentioned, and a book called The Bonnie Pit Laddie, in which the uber-cool older brother is called Kit Ullathorne.

I also didn't like Christopher, so just went for the abbreviation - on the grounds that he couldn't change then full-name himself when he was 15 to piss me off! Grin

IHeartKingThistle · 01/02/2011 21:12

I LOVE Kit so much I'd consider having another baby just to use it! Well, maybe not Hmm but it is gorgeous.

It is short for Christopher but I think I'd have used it as it is - I've taught one or two and it didn't seem to raise any eyebrows.

mumofeach · 01/02/2011 21:12

Kristin?

Suncottage · 01/02/2011 21:11

Long shot - Kieran?

ThatllDoPig · 01/02/2011 21:11

P.E. or swimming?

Wafflenose · 01/02/2011 21:08

I know a 12 year old boy called Kit. It's his real name, not short for anything. I rather like it and it suits him - but everyone calls him by a completely unrelated nickname!

hellymelly · 01/02/2011 21:07

I know a Kester,he is 12.Very upper middle class family,arty and affluent.Certainly not at all chavvy..

flybynight · 01/02/2011 21:05

Kit is a lovely name, but like kerala says, it is short for Christopher. Not Christian, or Crispin.

goodlooksandcooks · 01/02/2011 19:43

'Kit' the main character in the book 'Kit's Wilderness' by David Almond. A great book and I like the name because of that. I like literary inspired names. My daughter is named after the Edgar Allen Poe poem 'Annabel Lee' (but I changed the spelling to Anabelle) and my dad is named Kim after the Rudyard Kipling novel.

Hedwig3 · 01/02/2011 19:37

Kit, if that is the name that you like!

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