Kit (given name)

Kit is usually an abbreviation of the given names Christopher, Katherine, Kathleen, and similar names.

People

• Kit Ahern (1915–2007), Irish politician
• Kit Armstrong (born 1992), American-born pianist and composer
• Kit Bond (born 1939), American politician and U.S. Senator from Missouri
• Kit Burns (1831–1870), American gang leader
• Kit Carson (1809–1868), American frontiersman
• Kit Chan (born 1972), Singaporean singer
• Kittredge Cherry (born 1957), American author and minister
• Kit Coleman (1864–1915), Canadian journalist
• Kit Connor (born 2004), English actor
• Kit Cope (born 1977), American kickboxer
• Kit Culkin (born 1944), American actor
• Kit Denton (1928–1997), Australian writer
• Kit Fine (born 1946), British philosopher
• Kit Harington (born 1986), English actor
• Kit Hesketh-Harvey (1957–2023), British comedian
• Kit Hiller (born 1948), Australian linocut printer and oil painter
• Kit Hoover (born 1970), American television reporter
• Kit Hung (born 1977), Hong Kong filmmaker
• Kit Klein (1910–1985), American speed skater
• Kit Lambert (1935–1981), British record producer
• Kit Lathrop (born 1956), American National Football League player
• Kit Malthouse (born 1966), British Member of Parliament, former Deputy Mayor of London
• Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593), English playwright
• Kit Pearson (born 1947), Canadian writer
• Kit Pedler (1927–1981), British television writer
• Kit Pongetti (born 1970), American actress
• Kit Reed (1932–2017), American writer
• Kit Symons (born 1971), Wales footballer
• Kit Taylor (born 1956), American, COO of New York Magazine
• Kit Thompson (born 1997), Filipino actor and model
• Kit Watkins (born 1953), American jazz musician
• Kit West (1936–2016), British special effects artist
• Kit Williams (born 1946), British illustrator
• Kit Woolsey (born 1943), American bridge and backgammon player
• Kit Young (born 1994), British actor

Country

Saint Kitts and Nevis was named after this specific diminutive of Christopher.

Fictional characters

• Kit, in the books Dark Lord of Derkholm and Year of the Griffin
• Kit, in the film Failure to Launch
• Kit Ballard, protagonist of Blade Kitten
• Kit Bellew, protagonist of Smoke Bellew
• Kit Carruthers, in the film Badlands
• Kit Casey, in The Creature Cases
• Kit Cloudkicker, in the Disney cartoon TaleSpin
• Kit De Luca, in the film Pretty Woman
• Kit Fisto, Jedi Knight in the Star Wars series
• Kit Herondale, in The Dark Artifices trilogy by Cassandra Clare
• Christopher "Kit" Julian, in Thomas Hardy's novel The Hand of Ethelberta
• Kit Keller, in the film A League of Their Own
• Kit Kittredge, in the American Girl doll and book series
• Kit Latura, in the film Daylight
• Kit McGraw, in the television series Nip/Tuck
• Kit Nelson, in the TV series Alcatraz
• Kit Oxenford, in Ken Follett's novel WhiteOut
• Rielle "Kit" Peddler, in the Android: Netrunner universe
• Kit Porter, in the television series The L Word
• Kit Ramsey, in the film Bowfinger
• Christopher "Kit" Rodriguez, in the Young Wizards novel series
• Kit Ryan, from the comic series Hellblazer
• Kit Snicket, in the novels A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Kit Tanthalos, in the TV series Willow
• Kit Taylor, in the TV series Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
• Kit Tyler, in Elizabeth George Speare's novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1959)
• Kit Walker, in the TV series American Horror Story
• Kit Walker, alias of fictional comic book character The Phantom
• Prince Kit, in the 2015 Disney film Cinderella
• Kitsunami the Fennec, or Kit, a character from the IDW Publishing comic series Sonic the Hedgehog
• Kit, a legendary brawler from the game Brawl Stars

See also

• Kit (disambiguation)
• Kito (disambiguation)
• Kitt (disambiguation)
• Kitty (disambiguation)