This is just for fun - my friend and I were joking about how, if one of us had a baby named [name_f]Katharine[/name_f], we’d call her [name_u]Kit[/name_u] [name_f]Kat[/name_f].
Which got me thinking … what other names could you get [name_u]Kit[/name_u] or [name_f]Kat[/name_f] or both from?
alihk
June 22, 2020, 3:49am
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Katrina
[name_f]Kitana[/name_f]
[name_f]Katarina[/name_f]
Trying not to repeat names…
Christina/Christine
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Kathleen[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaitlyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Katara[/name_f]
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Kirsten[/name_f]/Kristen
[name_f]Katie[/name_f]/Katya
[name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f]
[name_f]Katinka[/name_f]
Scater
June 22, 2020, 6:12am
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I like [name_u]Kit[/name_u] as a nn for [name_f]Victoria[/name_f]! It’s a bit of a stretch but I started considering it after seeing the variation [name_f]Vittoria[/name_f].
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@Scater I’ve never thought of that, but I love it!
Katrina
[name_f]Katalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Katinka[/name_f]
My friend’s name is [name_f]Kathryn[/name_f] and she goes by [name_f]Kat[/name_f]. I always call her [name_u]Kit[/name_u] [name_f]Kat[/name_f].
Katya
[name_f]Katarina[/name_f]
[name_f]Katrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Katinka[/name_f]
[name_u]Akita[/name_u]
[name_u]Nikita[/name_u]
[name_f]Katalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Kathleen[/name_f]
cwoods
June 22, 2020, 6:14pm
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I would do [name_f]Katalina[/name_f]
Katerina
Kataleeya
[name_f]Katrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Karina[/name_f]
[name_f]Karolina[/name_f]
[name_f]Kayla[/name_f]
[name_u]Kamryn[/name_u]
[name_f]Kandice[/name_f]
[name_f]Katrin[/name_f]
I think you could also just use it as a pet name even if the real name isn’t similar, like [name_f]Honey[/name_f], [name_f]Sugar[/name_f], etc.
Thanks, everyone!
That’s also true, @IrinaNicolaStrong – my sister calls her daughter – [name_f]Coryn[/name_f] [name_u]Lyn[/name_u] – Kitten. Quite unrelated.