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Kit, short for Christopher

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kmini · 22/06/2021 12:42

Thoughts on Kit, short for Christopher? Christopher would only be on the BC. Is it a bit of an eyebrow raiser, how different the names are? An thoughts appreciated!

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 22/06/2021 14:12

I love it as a shortening for Christopher. One of the dses is called Christopher, and I really wanted (and intended) to use Kit as his nickname - sadly when he was born, he just wasn't a Kit - it didn't suit him at all.

I didn't want to use Chris as a nickname - Christopher is a family name, and my FIL is shortened to Chris - and I wanted to differentiate him from my ds - so he was Christopher until his mid teens, when his friends started calling him Chris, and he took it on.

We happily call him Chris now - so I am doing better than my mum - I have a name that can be shortened, and I much prefer the shortened name (most people know me by it) - but mum refuses to use it. She 'can't bring herself' to use my chosen name. Hmm

RickiTarr · 22/06/2021 14:05

@5566rfghh

Isn't Kit a normal, quite common, nn for Christopher?
Yes I think so, but maybe OP has never actually met one?
Violetlavenders · 22/06/2021 14:04

Christopher naturally shortens to Chris. I like the name.

Kit sounds like short for Kitten or Kitkat Grin

Im not keen on kit - sports kit etc.

ILoveShula · 22/06/2021 13:58

It used to be a bit different but it's very popular now. The Rooneys have one.

Not great.

BuffySummersReportingforSanity · 22/06/2021 13:55

If I had had another, they'd have been Katherine if a girl, Christopher if a boy, Kit either way. So I like it a lot.

I disagree with the "give the nickname as a name". I much prefer making the formal name a longer classic name so the child can choose their own variation, or revert to the original, in later life if preferred.

FelicityPike · 22/06/2021 13:53

Common as muck these days, both as a nickname for Christopher and as a name on its own.
Common as in very popular not “chavvy” (although it might become so).

Mumdiva99 · 22/06/2021 13:50

Just call the child Kit if that's what you want to call him. No need for a longer name on the BC.

SmallPrawnEnergy · 22/06/2021 13:34

This is the 2nd time I’ve seen this today and never ever knew that Kit was a nn for Christopher.

Personally, I don’t understand why MN is so obsessed with forcing nn or liking a nn but insisting it has a “full” name. If you like kit call the kid kit, if you like Christopher call it Christopher. 🤷🏻‍♀️

ClaudiaWankleman · 22/06/2021 13:11

It's as normal a nickname for Christopher as Chris is, although less common. I only know one, compared to several Chris.

stellarfox · 22/06/2021 13:10

I think Kit is a normal nickname for Christopher, but people are using Kit on its own anyway!

timeisnotaline · 22/06/2021 12:57

I think it’s super cute. There’s a Dick Francis with twins Kit and Holly , where Kit is short for Christmas. I always loved it Grin

5566rfghh · 22/06/2021 12:56

Not saying it's a bad thing 😆, I do like Kit although I don't love Christopher, but I'm pretty sure it's a fairly regular nn and definitely not an eyebrow raiser!

5566rfghh · 22/06/2021 12:54

Isn't Kit a normal, quite common, nn for Christopher?

CandleWick4 · 22/06/2021 12:45

I love it. We won’t be having any more DC but if we did and I had a boy I would be using this. Christopher on the birth certificate and Kit as a nn. I think it’s great.

Einszwei · 22/06/2021 12:43

I really like it.

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