Given name & surname

Kitto

Kitto is a surname from Cornish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kitto comes from Cornish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Cornish Kytto.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kitto’s family of names

In Cornish usage, Kitto has a conventional equivalent in the French form Christophe. In Cornish usage, Kitto has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Cristóbal. In Cornish usage, Kitto has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Crístofer.

Walk Kitto’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Kitto has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Cornish roots to each of them.

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4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Kitto, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Cornish

Killebrew

“grove”

No U.S. birth series

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Cornish

Killigrew

“grove”

No U.S. birth series

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Cornish

Curnow

Curnow is a surname from Cornish.

No U.S. birth series

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Cornish

Carthew

“fort”

No U.S. birth series

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Cornish

Cornish

Cornish is a surname from Cornish.

No U.S. birth series

63% boys · 37% girls

Welsh · Royal

Kendall

“from the royal valley”

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15% boys · 85% girls

Cornish

Pither

Pither is a given name from Cornish.

No U.S. birth series

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Welsh

Petrock

Petrock is a masculine given name from Cornish, ultimately from Welsh.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Kitto’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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