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I think it's a bit of a stretch, as Christabel on its own is rare enough, and I don't think I've ever heard any girl with a Chris- name going by Kit/Kitty. Usually, Kit on a girl is short for Catherine.

This message was edited 3/1/2018, 1:24 PM

Its pretty. I don't like the way K looks for the nickname when it is spelled Christabel, but Cit or Citty doesn't look nice.

Love it! It’s similar to Christine or Kristin, but much less common and more distinct. Love the NN Kit/Kitty.

I'm tired of names with "Chris" beginnings and I don't like "bel" endings. So it's a lose-lose.

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I kind of like Kitty, but I fear it's not serious enough for a grown woman.

I like Christabel a lot, although the Christ part makes it a GP for me.

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I like Kit as a NN for Katherine, but I feel like it'd be sort of a letdown used with Christabel...it's okay, though; I don't think it's too much of a stretch.

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Kitty sounds too much like a pet's name for my liking.

I like Christabel but I wouldn't use it. Kit and Kitty don't work at all as a nickname for it, in my opinion. Kit is too masculine and Kitty works much better for Katherine or Kathleen.

I love Kitty (and Kit for a boy), but I remember disliking Christabel Pankhurst when we studied the suffrage movement in history, which put me off. I’m not the biggest fan of -bel names either.

I love Christabel for its patina of Victorian elegance, but the connection to "Christ" is too prominent for me.

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Kit & Kitty are adorable nicknames.

I like Christabel and I like Kitty, but I have great difficulty in connecting one with the other.

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I'd use Kitty as a nn for Katharine. I wouldn't use Christabel at all, as it might (mis)lead people to think that my family and I are religious. For the same reason, I wouldn't use Christiana, even though it was the name of two of my great-great grandmothers.

It seems awfully precious and fancy. Not my style.