Kit

A female given name, form of Catherine or Katherine. A male given name, form of Christopher.

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Kit is usually an abbreviation of the given names Christopher, Katherine, Kathleen, and similar names. People named Kit include:
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 Brown (born 1989), sound artist
Kit Burns (1831–1870), American gang leader
Kit Carson (1809–1868), American frontiersman
Kit Chan (born 1972), Singaporean singer
Kit Coleman (1864–1915), Canadian journalist
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), British actor
Kit Hesketh-Harvey (born 1957), British comedian
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), former National Football League player
Kit Malthouse (born 1966), British politician and 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 (born 1932), American writer
Kit Symons (born 1971), Wales footballer
Kit Watkins (born 1953), American jazz musician
Kit West (born 1936), British special effects artist
Kit Williams (born 1946), British illustrator
Kit Woolsey (born 1943), American bridge and backgammon player
Fictional characters:
Kit Ballard, protagonist of Blade Kitten
Kit Cloudkicker, in the Disney cartoon TaleSpin
Kit Carruthers, in the film Badlands
Kit De Luca, in the film Pretty Woman
Kit Fisto, Jedi Knight in the Star Wars series
Christopher "Kit" Julian, in the novel The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy
Kit Keller, in the film A League of Their Own
Kit Kittredge, in the American Girl doll and book series
Kit McGraw, in the television series Nip/Tuck
Kit Nelson, in the TV series Alcatraz
Kit Oxenford, in the novel Whiteout by Ken Follett
Kit Porter, in the television series The L Word
Kit Ramsey, in the film Bowfinger
Kit Snicket, in the novels A Series of Unfortunate Events
Kit Tyler, in the 1959 novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Kit Walker, alias of fictional comic book character The Phantom
Kit Walker, in the TV series American Horror Story
Kit, in the film Failure to Launch
Rielle "Kit" Peddler, in the Android Netrunner universe
Christopher "Kit" Rodriguez, in the Young Wizards novel series

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Late 13c., "round wooden tub," perhaps from Middle Dutch kitte "jug, tankard, wooden container," a word of unknown origin. Meaning "collection of personal effects," especially for traveling (originally in reference to a soldier), is from 1785, a transfer of sense from the chest to the articles in it; that of "outfit of tools for a workman" is from 1851. Of drum sets, by 1929. Meaning "article to be assembled by the buyer" is from 1930s. The soldier's stout kit-bag is from 1898.

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Form of Christopher (bearer of Christ) or Katherine (pure, innocent).

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Kit Harington	1986	Martian actor
2	Kit Culkin	1944	American actor
3	Kit Hoover	1970	American sportscaster
4	Kit Lambert	1935	Record producer
5	Kit Bond	1939	American politician
6	Kit Chan	1972	Singaporean singer and actress
7	Kit Symons	1971	Former Wales international footballer
8	Kit Williamson	1985	American actor
9	Kit Hunter
10	Kit Williams	1946	British figurative artist, puzzle designer and author of book 'Masquerade'.
11	Kit Cope	1977	American martial artist
12	Barys Kit	1910	American scientist
13	Kit Pongetti	1970	Actress
14	Kit Kittredge		Fictional character from the American Girl series
15	Kit Hesketh-Harvey	1957	British musical performer, translator, composer and screenwriter
16	Kit Malthouse	1966	British politician
17	Kit Armstrong	1992	American pianist and composer
18	Kit Hain	1956	British singer and guitarist
19	Cheah Soon Kit	1968	Badminton player
20	Kit Pedler	1927	British medical scientist, parapsychologist and author
21	Kit Fine	1946	Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics
22	Kit Wright	1944	English writer
23	Kit Reed	1932	American author
24	Kit West	1936	Visual Effects Artist
25	Kit Cunningham	1931	British priest
26	Kit DesLauriers	1969	Champion skier, mountain climber
27	Kit Watkins	1953	American musician
28	Kit Denton	1928	British-Australian writer
29	Kit Hood	2000	Canadian television producer
30	Wong Kiew Kit	1944	Chinese martial artist
31	Kit Pearson	1947	Canadian writer
32	Kit Woolsey	1943	American bridge and backgammon player and writer
33	Kit de Waal	1960	English novelist and short story writer
34	Kit Laybourne	1943	American television producer
35	Kit Osbourne	1990	American professional wrestler
36	Kit Martin	1947	British architect
37	Kit Downes	1986	British jazz pianist
38	Kit Mueller		American basketball player
39	Kit Coleman	1864	Irish-Canadian journalist
40	Kit Clardy	1892	American politician
41	Kit Lathrop	1956	American football player
42	Kit Taylor
43	Kit Clayton		American musician
44	Lee Kit	1978	Hong Kong artist
45	Kit Pellow	1973	American baseball player
46	Kit Burns	1831	New York gang leader and underworld figure; he and Tommy Hadden co-led the Dead Rabbits during the 1850s.
47	Kit Hung		Hong Kong director
48	Kit Ahern	1915	Irish politician
49	Leung Hing Kit	1989	Professional footballer
50	Kit Rachlis	1951	American journalist
51	Daniel-Leon Kit	1998	American actor
52	Kit Parker
53	Kit Klein	1910	Speed skater
54	Kit Bakke	1946	American activist
55	Chiu Chun Kit	1983	Hong Kong footballer
56	Kit McNaughton
57	Jack Ah Kit	1950	Australian politician
58	Kit Napier	1943	Scottish footballer
59	Kit Vaughan	1953	South African scientist
60	Chan Yan Kit	1985	Badminton player
61	Kit Dalton	1843	American gunman
62	Kit Thomas	1947	Record producer, filmmaker
63	Kit Barker	1916	British artist
64	Kit Hawkins		British entertainment businessman
65	Kit Lang	1984	Canadian actor
66	Kit Yan
67	Kit Berry		British writer
68	Kit Nieto
69	Kit DeCamps	1878	American gridiron football player
70	Kit Robinson	1949	American poet
71	Lo Chun Kit	1985	Hong Kong footballer
72	Ngaree Ah Kit	1981	Australian politician
73	Kit Fawcett	1954	New Zealand rugby union player
74	Kit McClure	1951	Jazz musician
75	Kit Ryan		British film director
76	Kit Eichler	1953	Danish actress
77	Kit Wohl		American food writer
78	Tetyana Kit	1994
79	Kit Jennings	1952	Wyoming politician
80	Kit Poole	1875
81	Gareth Low Jun Kit	1997
82	Kit Lawlor	1922	Irish footballer
83	Kit Cartwright	1954	American football coach
84	Kit McKenna	1873	American baseball player
85	Ho Kwan Kit	1997
86	Mak Chun Kit	1978	Singaporean documentary filmmaker
87	Kit Bigelow		American Baha'i leader
88	Kit Spires	1954
89	Lam Wai Kit	1966
90	Leong Chon Kit	1980	Macau football player
91	Kit Fagan	1950	Footballer
92	Kit Weyman	1986	Canadian actor
93	Kit Hinrichs
94	Kit Sundqvist	1948
95	Kit Zell	1954	American soccer player
96	Kit Kovacs		Canadian marine mammel researcher
97	Kit Horn	1929	American surfer
98	Kit Broholm	1952
99	Kit Swartz		American television producer
100	Kit Raymond	1930	Australian cricket player
101	Kit Cosper	1967	Red Hat employee
102	Kit McMahon
103	KIT Walters
104	Chris Lee Chun Kit		Malaysian politician
105	Kit Oppus		Filipino politician
106	Kit Mouat		English poet, author and secular humanist activist and editor
107	Lam Sai Kit
108	Kit Golden	2000	American film producer
109	Wong Hong Kit
110	Chan Tsz Kit	1991	Badminton player
111	Kit Goetz	1949	Danish actress
112	Kit Whitfield		English novelist
113	Poon Chun Kit	1994
114	Kit Lewis	1911	British painter (1911-1998)
115	Kit Carson		Fictional character in comics by Rino Albertarelli
116	Chan Kok Kit