Kit

Where Kit comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kit.

  • 1 syllable
Kit through the years
  1. 1809
    Kit Carson born
    American frontiersman and Union Army general
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1890
    Peak, #739
    8 babies named Kit, its best rank.
  4. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 2004
    Kit Connor born
    British actor
  6. 2024
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Christopher.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Katherine and related female given names.
  • A male given name from Cantonese 傑 /杰 (git⁶).
Namesakes
  • Kit Carson · American frontiersman and Union Army general, 1809–1868
  • Kit Connor · British actor, born 2004
  • Kit Bond · American politician, 1939–2025
  • Kit Malthouse · British politician, born 1966
  • Kit Symons · association football player and manager, born 1971

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.