Kit is usually an abbreviation of the given names Christopher, Katherine, and similar names. People named Kit include:
Kit Ahern (1915–2007), Irish politician
Kit Armstrong (born 1992), American-born pianist and composer
Kit Bond (born 1939), American politician and U.S. Senator from Missouri
Kit Brown (born 1989), sound artist
Kit Burns (1831–1870), American gang leader
Kit Carson (1809–1868), American frontiersman
Kit Chan (born 1972), Singaporean singer
Kit Coleman (1864–1915), Canadian journalist
Kit Cope (born 1977), American kickboxer
Kit Culkin (born 1944), American actor
Kit Denton (1928–1997), Australian writer
Kit Fine (born 1946), British philosopher
Kit Harington (born 1986), British actor
Kit Hesketh-Harvey (born 1957), British comedian
Kit Hoover (born 1970), American television reporter
Kit Hung (born 1977), Hong Kong filmmaker
Kit Klein (1910–1985), American speed skater
Kit Lambert (1935–1981), British record producer
Kit Lathrop (born 1956), former National Football League player
Kit Malthouse (born 1966), British politician and Deputy Mayor of London
Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593), English playwright
Kit Pearson (born 1947), Canadian writer
Kit Pedler (1927–1981), British television writer
Kit Pongetti (born 1970), American actress
Kit Reed (born 1932), American writer
Kit Symons (born 1971), Wales footballer
Kit Watkins (born 1953), American jazz musician
Kit West (born 1936), British special effects artist
Kit Williams (born 1946), British illustrator
Kit Woolsey (born 1943), American bridge and backgammon player
Fictional characters:
Kit Ballard, protagonist of Blade Kitten
Kit Cloudkicker, in the Disney cartoon TaleSpin
Kit Carruthers, in the film Badlands
Kit De Luca, in the film Pretty Woman
Kit Fisto, Jedi Knight in the Star Wars series
Kit Keller, in the film A League of Their Own
Kit Kittredge, in the American Girl doll and book series
Kit McGraw, in the television series Nip/Tuck
Kit Nelson, in the TV series Alcatraz
Kit Oxenford, in the novel Whiteout by Ken Follett
Kit Porter, in the television series The L Word
Kit Ramsey, in the film Bowfinger
Kit Snicket, in the novels A Series of Unfortunate Events
Kit Tyler, in the 1959 novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Kit Walker, alias of fictional comic book character The Phantom
Kit Walker, in the TV series American Horror Story
Kit, in the film Failure to Launch
Rielle "Kit" Peddler, in the Android Netrunner universe
Christopher "Kit" Rodriguez, in the Young Wizards novel series
