Kitto as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kitto

What is the meaning of the name Kitto ?

The baby name Kitto is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KIT-oh (IPA: /ˈkɪt.oʊ/).

Kitto is Cornish, English, Japanese in Origin.

Kitto is a Cornish diminutive built on Kit, the medieval English pet form of Christopher, with the characteristic Cornish -o ending seen in Jago and Bennetto. As such, it ultimately derives from Greek Christophoros “Christ-bearer.” In some families it has also functioned as a nickname for Katherine, linking it to the meaning “pure.”

Recorded in Cornish parish registers from the 16th century onward both as a byname and, more commonly, as a hereditary surname (cf. the Bible scholar John Kitto), it has seen modern revival as a spare, brisk given name in the UK and beyond. Variants and cognates include Kitt, Kitty (fem.), Christo, and Kester; related regional surnames like Kitto(e) reflect the same root. Usage today skews unisex, though it reads slightly masculine in British contexts. Close variants include the Cornish surname Kittow and the minimalist given name Kit.

⚙ Kitto is a rare name. There are only 90 recorded uses of it in our data, from 29 countries.