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When you hear Kit do you think of Christopher?

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SaffronCake · 06/08/2011 09:47

I hadn't occured to me before I read this board, but it looks like Kit's a short form of Christopher. DP has a Christopher/Chris already.

Will anyone notice do you think?

(Please say no, please say no, please say no.... Oh Okay, just hit me with it)

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Cattleprod · 06/08/2011 10:04

I think most people know that Kit is short for Christopher or Christian. Sorry.

MyLifeIsChaotic · 06/08/2011 10:05

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BerryLellow · 06/08/2011 10:08

Yes. But if no one uses Kit for the other person it shouldn't be a problem really?

Although I also think of my grandmother as her name was shortened to it (Kathleen)

SuburbanDream · 06/08/2011 10:09

The only Kit I ever knew was female!

ggirl · 06/08/2011 10:10

I think of christopher but I know someone who has named their son Kit on birth cert.

lchodge · 06/08/2011 10:17

I instantly think of knightrider? As a human name I thought it was a girls name.

MrsWembley · 06/08/2011 10:22

Sorry, the DH if a best mate is a Kit and everyone who knows him knows it's short for Christopher

Ephiny · 06/08/2011 10:31

I know it can be used as short form of Christopher (and think most people will have heard of this) but that wouldn't be my immediate association. Most Christophers shorten it to Chris in my experience.

If I didn't know if it was boy/girl, I'd probably think girl to start with, and assume short for Katherine or similar.

I don't think it should be a problem in your case though, if one is known as Chris and the other as Kit I can't imagine there'd be any confusion, they sound quite different.

EdithWeston · 06/08/2011 10:33

Sorry, but yes. I'd automatically think Kit was nn for Christopher.

(Kitty - sometimes pruned even further to Kit - for Katharine).

EssentialFattyAcid · 06/08/2011 10:38

If you have two sons, Christopher and Kit, that is going to cause confusion. Surely a different name would be preferable?

MrsMilton · 06/08/2011 10:45

I dont think Christopher, I think Knightrider.

It's nice, but he may well get KitKat.

Anyway, you can't use it if you already have a Christopher - people will laugh at you and you dont want that.

lockets · 06/08/2011 10:45

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InstantAtom · 06/08/2011 10:50

Yes, I would think it was short for Christopher.

upahill · 06/08/2011 10:51

Well when I hear of someone called Kit I always think ...... and the widow

very amusing However the Kit I kknow is calle Kristoff

This may be of use to you
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_(given_name)

superjobee · 06/08/2011 10:54

i didnt know it was short for christopher :) did make me think of heroin immediately tho as thats what its known as where i live. 2nd immediate thought was the car

pinkx4 · 06/08/2011 10:54

Kit has been a common nickname for Christopher for centuries. In fact, the playwright, Christopher Marlowe (contemporary of Shakespeare and equally as gifted, with some plays attributed to Shakespeare thought to have been written by Marlowe), was well-known as Kit Marlowe. I love the name and would have used it if I'd had a boy.

Georgimama · 06/08/2011 11:06

I think Kit Fisto, a Jedi knight from Clone Wars. But that is due to my obsessed four year DS.

If I met a boy/man called Kit I would definitely assume their real name was Christopher (principally due to Kit Marlowe as above). Definitely do not do this if your partner already has a son called Christopher. The poor child would need therapy for years.

scarlettlips · 06/08/2011 11:28

Sorry but i think you need to have a re-think. I love the name Kit..but you can't have a Kit if your DP already has a son called Christopher. It's the same name!!!! It's like having Henry and Harry!

SiamoFottuti · 06/08/2011 11:29

My DS nn is Kit but his name is not Christopher or anything like it. Its short for kitten because he sounded exactly like a little kitten when he was newborn.

Vajazzler · 06/08/2011 11:37

Sophie Ellis Bextor named her ds2 Kit think his middle name was Valentine.
I had never heard of it being a NN for Christopher before and have a christopher and a christine in the family

Mumswang · 06/08/2011 12:59

It was I initially my first choice for DS1, but didn't go with it because DP wouldn't allow a nickname on the birth certificate and im not keen on Christopher.

TheSecondComing · 06/08/2011 15:05

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iklboo · 06/08/2011 15:21

It makes me think (unwholesome thoughts) about Kit Harington from Game of Thrones. The car in Knightrider was KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand)

TooImmature2BDumbledore · 06/08/2011 15:39

Kit is definitely a short for Christopher/Christian, so I wouldn't use it if your partner already has a Christopher. I really like it though! I would have difficulty calling a boy Kit because my instinct would be to go from Kit to Kitty. I wouldn't mean to but I wouldn't be able to help it!

By the way, KitKat can be a nn for other names too - there was a boy at school called Kevin-Kyle and he was called KitKat.

nickelbabe · 06/08/2011 15:41

yes, it is - Kit Marlowe (playwright who was around when Shakespeare was) was a Christopher.

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