Given name & surname
Kitt
“having great strength”
Kitt is a variant of Kit. One American interpretation is “having great strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kitt is a variant of Kit. One American interpretation is “having great strength.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kitt has more than one origin: as an English surname, it goes back to a word meaning “vessel of hooped staves”; as a German surname, it comes from Middle High German kīde.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Kitt as a surname is an affectionate form of Christopher.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kitt through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 596
- 284 boys · 312 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 51
- #4,821 for girls · #4,479 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +92%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 28 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,821 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 120.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 23 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 575 as a first name in 2020; 2,094 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.
Kitt’s family of names
In English usage, Kitt as a surname is an affectionate form of Christopher. Kitt has a related form in Kit. In Greek usage, Kitt as a surname is a transliteration of Κιττ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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