Hugo and… ?

[user772263]

Hi All,

I posted recently about possibly using Kit as a nickname for Charles but got some pretty quick feedback that made us rethink, so we’ve ruled that out as an option.

Now we’re left with these two options for sibling names for our ds Hugo:

Hugo and Kit (Christopher)
Hugo and George

Which do you prefer please!

Can you not just name him Kit?

George

We’d prefer to have a longer name on the birth certificate but that’s just our personal preference!

Kit. George is a bit dull and lumpy.

Christopher/Kit

Christopher - Kit

There’s too many g’s going on with Hugo and George

Hugo and George.

I like Christopher but only in its full form.

Kit is one of those nicknames for Christopher that made sense 100 years ago when so many people had similar names due to hardly any variety and you needed to call a Mary "Mamie" to tell her apart from all the other ones. It's also how we ended up with Molly and Polly. But nowadays it seems far fetched and not logical to me. Sorry!

@SemperIdem

Christopher - Kit

There’s too many g’s going on with Hugo and George

Oh that’s really good feedback! I hadn’t thought about there being too many ‘g’s’ before!

Christopher/Kit 👍

George is so dull and bland you might as well call him Boy. I’d consider if you like the other nicknames for Christopher as you son might not want to stick with Kit.

People might well call Christopher Chris, you can't force them to call him Kit.

I’m almost certain that if he’s introduced to someone as Kit, they’re not going to randomly start calling him Chris.

If he chooses to go by Chris or Christopher when he’s older, that’s absolutely fine of course! But I can’t understand people thinking he’d be called Chris if he’s introduced as Kit

Hugo and Kit (Christopher), although I’d happily use Kit as a nn for Charles if I so wished

George is fine, just way overused

@user772263

I’m almost certain that if he’s introduced to someone as Kit, they’re not going to randomly start calling him Chris.

If he chooses to go by Chris or Christopher when he’s older, that’s absolutely fine of course! But I can’t understand people thinking he’d be called Chris if he’s introduced as Kit

Exactly.

The kit I know didn’t know he was called Christopher until he was about 8.

Christopher

Christopher is lovely.
Kit as a NN is fine!

@user772263

I’m almost certain that if he’s introduced to someone as Kit, they’re not going to randomly start calling him Chris.

If he chooses to go by Chris or Christopher when he’s older, that’s absolutely fine of course! But I can’t understand people thinking he’d be called Chris if he’s introduced as Kit

It happens a lot I'm afraid. My brother's best friend Philip was called Pip all through our childhood until they went to secondary school and all of a sudden he became Phil - so boring! I'm Elizabeth and like being called Lizzie: it's how I introduce myself and sign off emails etc. regardless of that, so many people (interestingly usually men) shorten it to Liz without asking. I hate being called Liz and will correct them, but often they continue to ignore me.

People might well call Christopher Chris, you can't force them to call him Kit.

Christopher naturally shortens to Chris!

Kit sounds like it's short for Kitten or Kitty. I honestly don't see any connection to Chris or Christopher.

Schools now have forms asking what you'd like your child to be "known as" day to day, so just write Kit and that's what they'll call him and use on register etc

James/Jake?

Kit.
I love Kit.
I'd probably use it as a nn and probably for Christopher (though it wouldn't bother me to use it for Charles) or Christian.

Kit. I actually prefer George as a names but Hugo and George together I find a bit heavy.

I was thinking George even before I opened the thread,
I really don't like kit awful, Hugo is lovely. X

I think Hugo and George go lovely together.
Personally Hugo and Christopher aren't two names I'd put together.

We have a Charles known as Charlie or Chaz.