Kit (given name)

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Kit is an affectionate abbreviation of the given names Christopher (or Kristofer) and Catherine (or Katherine), although its use as a given name in its own right is becoming increasingly common. People commonly referred to by the name "Kit" include:

Literature

* Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593), English playwright
* Kit Pedler, television writer
* Kit Whitfield, English author

Fiction

* Kit Cloudkicker, a character from Disney's "TaleSpin" cartoon
* Kit Walker, the alias of comic book character "The Phantom"
* Kit Oxenford, a main character in Ken Follett's novel Whiteout.
* Kit, the main character in the Christian-themed computer game, Nik & Kit
* Kit Tyler, protagonist from the 1959 Children's book "The Witch of Blackbird Pond"
* Kit Snicket, one of the Baudelaire children's guardians.
* Kit Kittredge, a doll from the American Girl series and the subject of a 2008 film.
*Kit Ramsey, a character in the film Bowfinger
*Kit, from the movie Crossroads. Starring Brittney Spears
*Kit Summerisle aka Kid Death, a character in the Deathstalker novels by Simon R. Green

Music

* Kit Chan, Singaporean singer
* Kit Lambert, record producer
* Kit Watkins, jazz recording artist

ports

* Kit Cope, American kickboxer

Other

* Kit Bond (born 1939), United States Senator from Missouri
* Kit Carson (born 1809), an American frontiersman
* Kit Rae, a fantasy collectibles designer

ee also

* nicknames derived from Christopher