Kit
A unisex name of English origin, meaning diminutive of Christopher or Katherine.
Kit by the numbers
In 2025, 413 babies in England and Wales were named Kit. In the US, 116 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 86 babies in 1955, making it a 1950s name.
Other names that come from Christopher
Like Kit, each of these traces back to Christopher: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Christopherbearer of Christ8,255 in the US (2017)
- Chrisbearer of Christ; short form of Christopher459 in the US (2017)
- Kristopherbearer of christ; a form of Christopher370 in the US (2017)
- Cristopherbearer of christ; a form of Christopher171 in the US (2017)
- Cristobalbearing christ; spanish form of Christopher102 in the US (2017)
- Cristoferbearer of christ; variant of Christopher81 in the US (2017)
- Kristoferbearer of christ; variant of Christopher52 in the US (2017)
- Christiea diminutive of Christine or Christopher meaning anointed one or christ-bearer34 in the US (2017)
Other names that come from Katherine
Like Kit, each of these traces back to Katherine: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Katherinepure2,833 in the US (2017)
- Katiepure; a diminutive of Katherine770 in the US (2017)
- Katelynpure; a modern variant of Katherine760 in the US (2017)
- Kathrynpure; variant spelling of Katherine744 in the US (2017)
- Kaelynpure; a modern variant of Katelyn or Katherine332 in the US (2017)
- Kathleenpure; a form of Katherine310 in the US (2017)
- Katrinavariant of Katherine; pure or unsullied193 in the US (2017)
- Katerinapure; a form of Katherine167 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kit. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kit
Names that are said the same way as Kit, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kittpure; a diminutive of Katherine30 in England and Wales (2025)