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post 04/01/2013, 07:31 PM
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Which do you prefer for a boy, out of:

Kit (formal name of Christopher on the birth certificate)

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Jarvis?
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post 04/01/2013, 07:34 PM
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Why have a formal name if it's never going to be used?
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post 04/01/2013, 07:34 PM
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I like Kit. Reminds me of The Phantom!
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post 04/01/2013, 07:35 PM
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Kit
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post 04/01/2013, 07:35 PM
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Dang. I thought you were talking about Kit the talking car from Knight Rider vs. JARVIS the artificial intelligence from the Iron Man universe.

Jarvis is a great name but thanks to Iron Man's mainstream reappearance everyone will think he's named for that... if that's what you're going for, great!

Kit/Christopher is also nice, but you'll have to specify that it's not 'Chris' or 'Topher' from Chris.
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post 04/01/2013, 07:36 PM
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I much prefer Christopher NN Kit to Jarvis.

And I definitely prefer the full name Christopher than having Kit on the birth certificate as a stand-alone name. I like keeping options open.
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post 04/01/2013, 07:38 PM
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QUOTE (ubermum @ 04/01/2013, 08:34 PM) *
Why have a formal name if it's never going to be used?


Because it needs to be used - it's my father's name. They will be Chris and Kit respectively.

I hardly ever use my formal name so it's not a big deal.
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post 04/01/2013, 07:41 PM
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QUOTE (anna_garny @ 04/01/2013, 08:35 PM) *
Dang. I thought you were talking about Kit the talking car from Knight Rider vs. JARVIS the artificial intelligence from the Iron Man universe.

Jarvis is a great name but thanks to Iron Man's mainstream reappearance everyone will think he's named for that... if that's what you're going for, great!

Kit/Christopher is also nice, but you'll have to specify that it's not 'Chris' or 'Topher' from Chris.


And that reason right there is why Kit is our frontrunner - my 7 year old son has passionately argued against Jarvis because of Iron Man. I'm not sure whether to listen or not, but he thinks it's nerdy, and not in a good way. I think of Brit pop icon Jarvis Cocker.

I was raised on Knight Rider so Kit to me, is an amazing name (even though the car was officially KITT) original.gif
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post 04/01/2013, 07:47 PM
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QUOTE (antigone_ @ 04/01/2013, 08:38 PM) *
Because it needs to be used - it's my father's name. They will be Chris and Kit respectively.


Sounds to me like you have already decided.
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post 04/01/2013, 07:49 PM
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Kit is very, very cool. Jarvis is not so much.
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