Kit as a name?

[Daisy2121]

What do you all think of Kit as a name?

[Litt1eDorrit]

I love it…but I really like names from Charles Dickens works 😂

[PiratePetespajamas]

So cute - and lovely on a grown up too. Go for it!

[AccommodatingAlice]

Well I’m of an age where it firstly makes me think of Knight Rider.

it then made me think of Kit Heath, it’s a nice name.

[alterego2]

I tend to prefer full names (eg Christopher/Christine/Catherine) and then using the short version as a nickname because I believe it gives the DC more choices as adults. But I accept I may well be old fashioned in that view. Having said that - I love Kit as a name so ... up to you

[RedRec]

It's the most mumsnet name ever. Female equivalent is Ottilie.

[LowbrowVictoriana]

I love it. Straightforward but stylish.

[Justkeeppedaling]

@alterego2

I tend to prefer full names (eg Christopher/Christine/Catherine) and then using the short version as a nickname because I believe it gives the DC more choices as adults. But I accept I may well be old fashioned in that view. Having said that - I love Kit as a name so ... up to you

Same here

[toastofthetown]

I don't love it as a full name and also don't love anything it's short for. Though it's rapidly risen to moderate popularity as standalone name recently.

Am I right in thinking Wayne Rooney used it?

[DailyMailcanfuckthefuckoff]

Lovely if you're birthing a baby rabbit, and/or appropriate if given as a nickname for something like Christopher.

If using it as a given name, then one day Kit's going to be 42 and cringing at his work email address; [email protected].

[LondonQueen]

Middle name Kat?

[UhtredsLatestPaganHussy]

I love that it was a properly MN approved (terribly middle class) name and then Wayne and Colleen Rooney used it for their son, no doubt giving some of the parents of Kits a bit of a palpitation.

I think it's nice enough.

[pinklavenders]

Kit looks like it's short for Kitten or Kitty 🐈‍⬛

And "take your kit off"..

[Luredbyapomegranate]

Short for Christoper or Katherine great. But too nick namey on its own.

[Iceddecaflatte]

Sorry but I don't like it. It's a bit daft... too nick namey and suits better to a cat than a human. You can't have a cv which says Kit as a first name, it's a recipe for disaster and sorry for being discriminative.

Also, she/he will get teased with Kit Kat !

[littleburn]

I like it - always makes me think of Christopher/Kit Marlowe, but I'd put Christopher on the birth certificate.

[Firebird83]

Agree that it’s nice short for Christopher or Katherine.

[TweetTweetMF]

No. It's not really a name it's a nickname

[WhereWasThatFrom]

I love it and think it's a great name.

[pinklavenders]

Sports Kit? Football Kit?
Kitty? Kitten?

I really don't like it as a boys/girls name, although I do know a Kitty.


Christopher is lovely shortened to Chris if necessary.

[Aquamarine1029]

Wet and daft as a proper name, especially for a grown man.

[Mochudubh]

I would put Christopher/Katharine on the birth certificate and use Kit in day-to-day life. As pps have said, it gives the child more options as they grow up.

[pinklavenders]

I can see how Katherine/Kat/Kitty might lead to Kit as a nickname.

But from Christopher to Kit?

[UhtredsLatestPaganHussy]

@pinklavenders

I can see how Katherine/Kat/Kitty might lead to Kit as a nickname.

But from Christopher to Kit?

it's a long standing shortening of Christopher. Playwright Christopher Marlowe was known as Kit way back in the 15-somethings.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

I don't love it as a full name and also don't love anything it's short for.

This.

[pinklavenders]

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