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

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sarah13xx · 27/03/2021 10:07

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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Sittinonthesand · 27/03/2021 22:40

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!

MitheringSunday · 27/03/2021 22:33

X posts. It never caused problems with me - it was clear that I was known as 'Betty' everywhere and nobody ever called me 'Elizabeth' (obv not my actual name).

MitheringSunday · 27/03/2021 22:30

Jenson has a 'surnamey' vibe to me, which I'm not keen on. And Jenson Kelvin sounds like a building firm.

Kit Harris is OK, but Kit is currently fashionable and I think it should go with a 'proper' birth certificate name. I have a full-form birth-cert name with a common shortening and while my parents established me as going by the shortening from day one, I now use the full form professionally and like having it.

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sarah13xx · 27/03/2021 22:27

@Sittinonthesand

Jenson is awful. Kit is a great name but as others have said not great on the cv and rather limiting, he’d probably end up with the nn Kitstopher or something (people I know with short names seem to end up being lengthened) you can’t predict or control what happens with names! Don’t be fooled into thinking that people don’t judge on names - if you get a couple of hundred cvs for a job you have to get rid of nearly all of them, the reasons can be very trivial at that stage.
If I chose Kit I don’t know whether I’d just put Christopher on the birth certificate for that reason but then literally never even acknowledge that was his name. It would cause endless problems every time he started a new job and his colleagues thought he was called Christopher, every class at secondary school the teacher would read out Christopher etc 🙄 I’m a primary teacher and at the start of the year if there’s any children with preferred names I know them so that’s the name I use for the year but secondary isn’t the same with names. It’s hard to know what to do
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sarah13xx · 27/03/2021 22:23

@CroydianSlip

I much much much prefer Kit - think it's a lovely name. Jenson does absolutely nothing for me.

I genuinely don't think middle names get used outside birth announcements so use whatever names have meaning for you.

I've never watched GoT and never remember any famous names so that wouldn't come up as an issue for me at all.

I think I’m swaying toward Kit more now. My partner wasn’t overly keen on it this morning but I think it was Kit Harris he didn’t like as much, he is now saying he likes Kit 👏🏼
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Sittinonthesand · 27/03/2021 22:22

Jenson is awful. Kit is a great name but as others have said not great on the cv and rather limiting, he’d probably end up with the nn Kitstopher or something (people I know with short names seem to end up being lengthened) you can’t predict or control what happens with names! Don’t be fooled into thinking that people don’t judge on names - if you get a couple of hundred cvs for a job you have to get rid of nearly all of them, the reasons can be very trivial at that stage.

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sarah13xx · 27/03/2021 22:22

@Toddlerteaplease

All awful!
What a helpful comment 🙃
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CroydianSlip · 27/03/2021 22:20

I much much much prefer Kit - think it's a lovely name. Jenson does absolutely nothing for me.

I genuinely don't think middle names get used outside birth announcements so use whatever names have meaning for you.

I've never watched GoT and never remember any famous names so that wouldn't come up as an issue for me at all.

Toddlerteaplease · 27/03/2021 22:18

All awful!

Roszie · 27/03/2021 22:15

Jenson is the polar opposite of posh.

Out of those I would pick kit.

Firebird83 · 27/03/2021 22:13

Kit is much nicer than Jenson.

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sarah13xx · 27/03/2021 16:27

@partyatthepalace

Kit is great - though if I were Scottish I would make it short for Kester, ace Scottish version of Christopher. Mainly because Kit is getting v fashionable and it will give him options, but also will sound less like a Kit Harrington tribute.

Harris is meh but fine in the middle.

Kelvin is fine but I agree you can’t with a K first name - you could have say Kester James Kelvin though?

No to Jenson - it’s the Ryan of the 2020s. If you are the lady that posted before I know you said it isn’t popular in Scotland yet, but my guess is it will spread up from the South East as most popular names do. Don’t do it to him.

Yes it’s me who posted about it before 😂 haven’t heard of the name Kester. I know I wouldn’t use Christopher as the long version so maybe that’s an option. There have only been 9 registered boys called Kit in Scotland in 2020 but a wee boy at my school is called it so I’m guessing most are registered as Christopher or something else
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partyatthepalace · 27/03/2021 16:14

Kit is great - though if I were Scottish I would make it short for Kester, ace Scottish version of Christopher. Mainly because Kit is getting v fashionable and it will give him options, but also will sound less like a Kit Harrington tribute.

Harris is meh but fine in the middle.

Kelvin is fine but I agree you can’t with a K first name - you could have say Kester James Kelvin though?

No to Jenson - it’s the Ryan of the 2020s. If you are the lady that posted before I know you said it isn’t popular in Scotland yet, but my guess is it will spread up from the South East as most popular names do. Don’t do it to him.

IAcceptCookies · 27/03/2021 13:41

Kit Harris for me... though I like Jenson, too. Not with Kelvin though.

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sarah13xx · 27/03/2021 13:02

@OysterMonkey

Much prefer Kit Harris. Jenson Kelvin is too n-yy And I just don’t like Jenson.
Think Kit Harris is the best name (as long as you’re not a big Kit Harrington fan, which I’m clearly not 🤷🏼‍♀️)
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sarah13xx · 27/03/2021 13:01

@Onlinedilema

Why don't you use Kit Jenson .
It’s a possibility, only thing is we might wish we hadn’t if we have another boy and still only like the same few names 🙈
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OysterMonkey · 27/03/2021 12:47

Much prefer Kit Harris.
Jenson Kelvin is too n-yy
And I just don’t like Jenson.

EmmaGrundyForPM · 27/03/2021 12:45

I love the name Kelvin but am biased because it was my dad's name.

Kelvin Harris sounds good. I've never heard of Calvin Harris.

But as others have said, who actually knows people's middle names? I haven't got a clue about any of my friends middle names apart from one, because she uses that name instead of her first one.

Twinkie01 · 27/03/2021 12:44

Is Harris not slang for arse?

Kelvin is dreadful.

Atalune · 27/03/2021 12:44

Jensen - not keen.
Kit- much prefer.

Middle names- I really really think that it doesn’t matter as they are never used together.

StripedLeopard · 27/03/2021 12:42

I prefer Kit Harris

Onlinedilema · 27/03/2021 12:42

Why don't you use Kit Jenson .

Nonmaquillee · 27/03/2021 12:40

Sorry but JK is awful.

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sarah13xx · 27/03/2021 12:38

@Skyla2005

Live both also live jet
Yeah I like it too, we know a girl Jett though
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sarah13xx · 27/03/2021 12:38

@moochingtothepub

Jenson would indicate you are formula one fans to me. I have a pet hate for shortenings as actual names so I would suggest Christopher but Kit as a nickname, Kelvin would be fine with Christopher as a middle name (depending on last name of course). Giving children a formal name on their birth certificate means they have options as an adult, can't imagine putting Kit on a cv - I have work in hr in an industry that would get 300+ applications for a single job so we filtered them prior to giving them to the recruiting manager and my boss discarded anyone with "silly" names that wouldn't be appropriate on business cards!
I get that but we are just not the type of people to go with a name like Christopher. I much prefer the nickname names as full names. I’m sure some employers do that but I don’t think they are technically allowed to discriminate people based on whether they think their name is ‘silly’ or not. I have a VERY unusual first name (that I’m not a fan of) and have never applied for a job without getting it 🤷🏼‍♀️ Depends on the line of work I suppose
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