# 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, in the animated series Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld
* 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