Christopher with Kit as shortened name

[kmini]

We already have a Thomas, almost always Tom and occasionally Tommy.

We Like traditional boys names for DC2. Christopher is a potential but I really dislike Chris as a shortened version.

Quite like Kit as a nn (Dh still needs convincing), but have a few concerns:

• would I just have to accept he will eventually be Chris.
• is Kit well known enough as a shorted version for it to not raise a few eyebrows
• is Kit a 'cool namish'/try hard (no offence to anyone that has chosen, we might be a little straight for a cool name)
• is it masculine enough

Any thoughts welcome

The only issue my brother had being Kit was that the bank didn't like his signature having K rather than C.

My shortened name doesn't begin with the same letter as my full name, but it's never occurred to me not to use my full name as my signature, even though I'm not called it very often. Don't most people use their full name (or full name initial) in their signature?

Like you, I don't like the name Chris, so we just called DS Kit. I sort of wish I had given him a longer name to have the formal version if he wanted (his sisters have longer formal names and then nicknames) but in the end, the worry of him choosing to one day call himself Chris, let alone others doing it for him, was enough for me to just pick Kit!

I had no idea Rooney had a Kit! Christ that's annoying.

Love Kit as a short for Christopher - if I had a boy that would be on the shortlist. I'd go for it.

I know quite a few Kits who have Christopher on their birth certificate. None of them are ever called Chris, presumably because their name is Kit and Chris doesn't sound anything like Kit. If you always call your child Kit, that's the name they'll use unless they decide to introduce Christopher into their lives.

The initial thing is interesting; one of my children has always been known by a traditional short version of their name that starts with a different letter and they think of their initial being the shortened name, whereas of course it officially isn't (like Bill and William).

Ah but Disappoint - you can't always predict how things will turn out, even if you only ever use a name growing up. I'm Alexandra and my parents called me Alex all through growing up, but somehow at university I got called Ali, and that has now stuck and everyone calls me it, apart from my brother who refuses to almost in protest! My parents now call me Ali too, even though I'm sure they would prefer Alex as that is what they chose for me in the beginning....

Just saying that he may choose to call himself Chris at some point, which you might not be able to avoid.... but if you put Kit on the passport then it's much more unlikely!

Just my tuppence worth...

I know a Christopher shortened to Kit (an old man). It's nice

Love it.
Like Christopher, love Kit as a nn.

If I was going to call a baby Christopher is definitely have his nn as Kit!

~but I don't like Christopher~

Love it. And I think, whilst clearly less than Chris, it is a known nn. Goes well with your oldest too.