Kit Harris or Jenson Kelvin (as first and middle name)

sarah13xx · 2021-03-27T10:07:53+00:00

Kit or Jenson? Kelvin would be after my grandpa but I think Kit Kelvin is too much together! Harris is one of our favourite names but we feel it’s too popular in our area (Scotland) to use as a first name. Kit is 372 on Scotland’s 2020 list Jenson is 193 Please help, going round in circles with all these names 🙈 x

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Chilldonaldchill · 28/03/2021 22:42

Kit Harris for me by a million miles.

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sarah13xx · 28/03/2021 21:20

@Mrsfenchurch

Yes, Edward has been a middle name for 3 generations and before that as a first name on my DHs side - so that part was easy for us! I also wanted to add I worked with a guy with a 15 year old Kit a few years ago and when he found out my babies name he said one of his biggest parenting achievements is having a teenager who loves his name and thinks it’s cool!

Aw that’s good! Yeah I can see it being a ‘cool’ name as a teenager. I think it will be just Kit on the birth certificate for ours if we pick it when he arrives. There are plenty of other three letter names that are completely acceptable on a birth certificate so I don’t see why Kit is any different

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Mrsfenchurch · 28/03/2021 20:26

Yes, Edward has been a middle name for 3 generations and before that as a first name on my DHs side - so that part was easy for us! I also wanted to add I worked with a guy with a 15 year old Kit a few years ago and when he found out my babies name he said one of his biggest parenting achievements is having a teenager who loves his name and thinks it’s cool!

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sarah13xx · 28/03/2021 10:26

@Awrite

I love Kit Harris.

He would be known as Kit Surname though so no-one would think GoT.

Not a fan of Jenson.

That’s what I think, Kit Harris sounds the nicest and ties it in with the Scottish theme so if we have a girl next and give her the Scottish name we have picked they won’t be complete opposites! His surname starts with M so the Kit Harrington thing I don’t see being an issue

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sarah13xx · 28/03/2021 10:15

@Hazel444

Unless your surname starts with a K, I'd go for Kit Kelvin :)

Think I could probably get away with it 😊 the surname is M

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Hazel444 · 28/03/2021 09:43

Unless your surname starts with a K, I'd go for Kit Kelvin :)

Awrite · 28/03/2021 09:25

I love Kit Harris.

He would be known as Kit Surname though so no-one would think GoT.

Not a fan of Jenson.

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sarah13xx · 28/03/2021 09:25

@IllNeverLetGoJack

I am projecting my love of Scottish names on to you here op

, but I think Kit Jenson would be a shame to have to nod to Scottish heritage, if both you and your DH are Scottish!

I lived in Scotland for years and don't think I ever met a Harris. About a million baby Finlays.

Also, in dd's year group, (now in England), we have some really unusual names. Names I'd never even heard of! While we don't have any of some of the top ten. Eg, William, Sophia, Emily, Olivia, Amelia. But we do have two Reubens!

So, don't be put off by popularity and go for something random because there aren't many of them. If you have your heart set on Kit, that's different of course, but if you truly prefer Harris, then don't let the chances of there being another one in his year group also being Harris

Yeah Harris has always been the name and I’m a primary teacher so usually know if names are popular but I’d only ever taught one Harris so felt like it was really quite far down the list. When I went to check the Scotland list it was actually number 6 and the year before in my council area it was the number 1 baby name! 😮 Couldn’t believe it when I was so sure it was relatively unusual 😂 Our future girl’s name is very unusual but is a Scottish place name so kind of want them to match. I do really like Kit now as well but I think it might be Kit, Harris or Jenson til we see him now

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Sittinonthesand · 28/03/2021 09:24

What about Crispin nn kit?

IllNeverLetGoJack · 28/03/2021 09:21

NOT have a nod*

IllNeverLetGoJack · 28/03/2021 09:20

I am projecting my love of Scottish names on to you here op , but I think Kit Jenson would be a shame to have to nod to Scottish heritage, if both you and your DH are Scottish!

I lived in Scotland for years and don't think I ever met a Harris. About a million baby Finlays.

Also, in dd's year group, (now in England), we have some really unusual names. Names I'd never even heard of! While we don't have any of some of the top ten. Eg, William, Sophia, Emily, Olivia, Amelia. But we do have two Reubens!

So, don't be put off by popularity and go for something random because there aren't many of them. If you have your heart set on Kit, that's different of course, but if you truly prefer Harris, then don't let the chances of there being another one in his year group also being Harris

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sarah13xx · 28/03/2021 09:06

@Mrsfenchurch

My preference would be Kit Jenson

He might end up being that. It just feels strange using a middle name without a meaning but that’s what my middle name is so obviously it’s quite common not to have a middle name after someone else 🤷🏼‍♀️

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sarah13xx · 28/03/2021 09:05

[quote CoffeeBeansGalore]@sarah13xx I have 3 dc. Only dc1 was named before birth! Dc3 was Baby Coffee for 2 days 😁[/quote]
This looks like it could be him 🤣 We’ve had the girls name picked for years and the boys name was Harris but it wasn’t til we went to look at the Scotland name list for 2020 we realised it was number 6 when we don’t know any children called Harris so it’s clearly shot up in the last few years

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sarah13xx · 28/03/2021 09:03

@Mrsfenchurch

I have a Kit. We love it and get lots of compliments. He is Kit Edward on his birth certificate. I didn’t want to use Christopher on his BC just for the sake of having a ‘proper’ name on his CV when neither of us liked that name & also I didn't want him deciding (or mates!) that at 15 he wanted to be called Chris! 🤣

That’s nice! That’s how I feel about it too, Christopher would be nowhere near my list of possible names so I don’t see why I’d use it just for the sake of having a long name 🙈 There were only 9 Kits registered in Scotland last year so I don’t know whether most of them are down as Christopher. I think if we end up choosing it it will just be Kit 😊

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Smallonesaremorejuicy · 28/03/2021 02:09

Anything but Jenson please. Why not use Kelvin as first name, sounds great & you have the family connection.

CoffeeBeansGalore · 28/03/2021 00:05

@sarah13xx I have 3 dc. Only dc1 was named before birth! Dc3 was Baby Coffee for 2 days 😁

Mrsfenchurch · 27/03/2021 23:35

My preference would be Kit Jenson

Mrsfenchurch · 27/03/2021 23:35

I have a Kit. We love it and get lots of compliments. He is Kit Edward on his birth certificate. I didn’t want to use Christopher on his BC just for the sake of having a ‘proper’ name on his CV when neither of us liked that name & also I didn't want him deciding (or mates!) that at 15 he wanted to be called Chris! 🤣

ladygindiva · 27/03/2021 23:20

Kit Jensen

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sarah13xx · 27/03/2021 23:17

@CoffeeBeansGalore

I'm in Scotland. I only know of one Jenson, a lovely teenage lad. Polite, nice natured and hard working at school, seems to get on with everyone and is well thought of by the teachers. So I certainly would not associate the name with being anything other than positive. I have known a couple of Christophers. One especially was lovely, well liked by everyone. I personally would put Christopher on the bc and then use Kit as a nn if this is ultimately your choice, to give him the option of which to use as he gets older. I have also known several boys called Harris, all nice.

Ultimately it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. It is what will fit best with your family names & sound right to you.

Thanks, very positive 😂 this is true, don’t know why posting on here for the opinion of a select few random people is going to help but when you can’t ask anyone else you think it will 🙈 I think it might end up in a situation where he isn’t named til we see him then hopefully we just know which one it is!

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CoffeeBeansGalore · 27/03/2021 23:11

I'm in Scotland. I only know of one Jenson, a lovely teenage lad. Polite, nice natured and hard working at school, seems to get on with everyone and is well thought of by the teachers. So I certainly would not associate the name with being anything other than positive.
I have known a couple of Christophers. One especially was lovely, well liked by everyone. I personally would put Christopher on the bc and then use Kit as a nn if this is ultimately your choice, to give him the option of which to use as he gets older.
I have also known several boys called Harris, all nice.

Ultimately it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. It is what will fit best with your family names & sound right to you.

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sarah13xx · 27/03/2021 22:51

@mybonnieliesovertheocean2

I like kit. It was nearly my DS name

Just Kit or a longer name shortened to Kit?

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mybonnieliesovertheocean2 · 27/03/2021 22:46

I like kit. It was nearly my DS name

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sarah13xx · 27/03/2021 22:45

@Sittinonthesand

Loads of people have a formal first name but are known by another - there are several in every class that I teach, it’s very normal and does at least keep options open!

If there was a name I liked more than Christopher as a formal name I’d definitely go for it but not keen on Christian or Kester either 😕

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Sittinonthesand · 27/03/2021 22:45

Secondary is the same with names - you fill in a box with their name and then another with the name they go by if it is different. It’s really not a problem. On our register it looks like this: Shakespeare William (Bill) and we use the bracketed name if there is one.