Boy · Greek, with English pet form
Kit
Say it: KIT
Meaning
A pet form of Christopher.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A pet form of Christopher.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 4,627 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 15,100 boys
- 195 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kitt
Famous bearers
- Kit Marlowe, playwright
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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