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What does Kit mean?

Kit Pronunciation of Kit as a boys' name (also used less generally as girls' name Kit) is pronounced kit. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Kit is "bearing Christ". Nickname for Christopher before Chris was used. Christopher Columbus named the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts for himself and Saint Christopher, the patron of travelers. Frontiersman Kit Carson. Also form of Christian.

STARTS WITH Ki-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, saint

Variations

VARIANT Kitt

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA CHRIS, CHRISTOPHER Cris, Kris, Kriss, Kristo

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Kit Wesson (K.W.), ..

How popular is Kit?

Kit is an uncommon first name for men but a very popular last name for all people (#72466 out of 150436, Top 48%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Kit reached its peak rank of #863 in the U.S. in the 1950s, and is currently at #1755. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kit name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Kit outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Chris (#614 IN 2018), Christian (#55), Christopher (#42), Cris, Kris and Kriss are the popular varying forms of Kit (#1755) ranked in the Top 2000. These relations of Kit were favored by parents 5 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 3.2%) and have become significantly less common since (ADOPTION 0.8%, DOWN 75%), with versions like Kris becoming less in vogue.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kit, Chris, Christian, Christopher, Cris in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kris, Kriss in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Christian, Christopher outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Kim and Kip. These names tend to be more commonly used than Kit.

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