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Original poster

Could Kit be short for anything other than Christopher?

64 replies

CeciliaC · 31/12/2025 12:30

This is just musings, not for a real baby.

I quite like the nickname Kit but I really don’t like Christopher.

Is there any other name anyone can think of that it could reasonably be short for?
How do people feel about Kit as a full name?

Again, this is just for a potential future son. I am not pregnant with a boy currently.

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MujeresLibres · 03/01/2026 21:52

Firebird83 · 03/01/2026 21:16

DD goes to nursery with a Kitto, the Cornish form of Christopher.

Ahhh jinx, should have read the thread 😀

MujeresLibres · 03/01/2026 21:51

Not read the thread, but Kitto is a male Cornish name

Firebird83 · 03/01/2026 21:16

DD goes to nursery with a Kitto, the Cornish form of Christopher.

Lemonlimonade · 02/01/2026 14:48

Kit looks like a nickname for Kitty or Kitten

Chris looks like a nickname for Christopher

Rapidsrunners · 02/01/2026 14:29

I would use it as a stand alone name. I too like Kit, but not Christopher, the shortened form is almost always Chris and I really don't like that.
I had an aunt name Katherine, she went by Kitty when younger, and Kit the rest of her life, just in case you have a girl someday OP.

Jay3004 · 01/01/2026 14:21

My son is called Kit. No one has ever asked me if it’s short for anything.

LadyGaGasPokerFace · 01/01/2026 13:21

I have a friend whose son’s name is Kit. Not as a nickname, it’s his actual name.

Mooselooseinmyhoose · 01/01/2026 13:19

My son is just Kit. It is a name in its own right these days.

imay8 · 01/01/2026 13:18

I love the name Kit on its own

Turmerictea · 01/01/2026 13:18

I'd thought to use it for Christian if we had a boy.

Lemonlimonade · 01/01/2026 13:09

Mayflower282 · 01/01/2026 09:08

Kit just makes me think of smelly sports kit at school (as in the bag full of BO clothes lumbered home every end of week)

Sports Kit

Take your Kit off

Its a really odd name imo

user1492757084 · 01/01/2026 11:51

Kit ..
Kitty - Kathleen, Katharine, Catherine
Kristina, Christine
Christopher, Kristoff, Christian

DiscoBeat · 01/01/2026 09:57

I really like the name Kit but we have a friend with that name and I've noticed lots of people don't say it correctly (drop the T). I don't even know what's it's short for so I suppose you could just use the name by itself?

Mayflower282 · 01/01/2026 09:08

Kit just makes me think of smelly sports kit at school (as in the bag full of BO clothes lumbered home every end of week)

ParmaVioletTea · 01/01/2026 08:12

EveryKneeShallBow · 31/12/2025 12:42

Kitterick
Heskett
Keter
Rocket
Kitchener
Kestrel
Beckett

None of those is an actual name though ?

I know a Kit/Kitty - short for Katharine.

Lemonlimonade · 01/01/2026 07:37

topcat2014 · 31/12/2025 22:28

I never knew Kit was short for Christopher

Me neither! Chris or Christy are the most intuitive short forms.

Im not keen on Kit. Don’t people say ‘take your kit off’?

Mistyglade · 01/01/2026 02:14

FortnumsWeddingBreakfastTeaPlease · 01/01/2026 00:11

Isn't one of Katie Price's kids called Kit?

No.

SkinnyOatFlatWhiteForMePlease · 01/01/2026 01:14

ChikinLikin · 31/12/2025 22:36

Fuckit

🤣🤣🤣🤣

ByeChristmas · 01/01/2026 01:11

If he was something like
‘Kevin Ian Thomas’ he could be called Kit.

MirandaBlu · 01/01/2026 00:58

IME, there's a cultural divide: Kit in the UK is usually short for Christoper or Christian, sometimes via other forms like the Cornish Kitto. Kit in the USA is most often short for Katharine, Catherine, Kathleen, etc. Do what you're comfortable doing.

MungoforPresident · 01/01/2026 00:51

Kit can also be Catherine! Kitty. Kit. Cat.

isargosaword · 01/01/2026 00:49

Could just be used on its own- Wayne and Coleen Rooneys son is Kit, and not short for anything afaik

Oneforallandallforone · 01/01/2026 00:14

I'd just use Kit too. Its a very cool name unlike Christopher. Would worry some people would end up calling him Chris or Christy anyway.

FortnumsWeddingBreakfastTeaPlease · 01/01/2026 00:11

Isn't one of Katie Price's kids called Kit?

BuffaloCauliflower · 31/12/2025 23:44

I know a Kitt who is just Kitt, not short for anything. I think it works fine standalone.