Given name & surname
Kito
“one who is precious”
Kito is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “one who is precious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “one who is precious.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kito through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 171
- 160 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 252 as a first name in 2020; 138 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kito’s family of names
Kito has a related form in Kyto. In Greek usage, Kito as a surname is a transliteration of Κίτο.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kito
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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>99% boys