Kit (given name)

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

People
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 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 "Kit" 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 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

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
 * 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 McGraw, in the television series Nip/Tuck
 * Kit Nelson, in the TV series Alcatraz
 * Kit Oxenford, in Ken Follett's novel WhiteOut
 * Kit Porter, in the television series The L Word
 * Kit Ramsey, in the film Bowfinger
 * 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
 * Rielle "Kit" Peddler, in the Android: Netrunner universe
 * Christopher "Kit" Rodriguez, in the Young Wizards novel series
 * Kit Latura, in the film Daylight
 * Prince Kit, in the 2015 Disney film Cinderella
 * Kit Herondale, in The Dark Artifices trilogy by Cassandra Clare
 * Sung Tse-Kit, in the film A Better Tomorrow
 * 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