Kitti

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Kitti is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Kítti

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Kītti

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Kitti is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In pi, Daughter of Kittaggabodhi, ruler of Rohaṇa, and wife of Mahinda, uparāja of Sena I (C.c.1.50, 60; Ibid., Ii.16, 94).

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

• In pi, court official of Kassapa Vikkamabāhu; defended Rohaṇa against the Cōḷas (Cv. lv. 26 ff.).

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

• In pi, commander-in-chief of Vikkamabāhu, slain by Vīradeva (Cv. lxi. 41).

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

• In pi, A court official of Kassapa Vikkamabāhu, son of Mahinda V. He lived in Makkhakudrūsa, and when the COḷas pillaged Rohaṇa, he, with the help of the minister Buddha of Māragallaka, defeated them and drove them to Pulatthipura. When the king offered him a boon, he desired that the portion of his revenues appropriated by the monks should be remitted.’

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

• In pi, Queen of Mahinda IV. She built a pariveṇa to the west of the Thupārāma, and had baths built there and in Kappāsagāma and Cīvaracetiya. She dedicated a golden banner twelve cubits long to the Mahā Thūpa.’ i Cv. liv. 50 ff.

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Kitti Rattanachāyāb. 1936THThai politician
• Kitti Köhlerb. 1973HUHungarian anthropologist, archeologist
• Kitti Gosztolab. 1986HUHungarian installation artist
• Kitti Kudorb. 1988HUHungarian handball player
• Kitti Becsérib. 1993HUHungarian handball player
• Kitti Grózb. 1994HUHungarian handball player
• Ibolya Kitti Miskolczib. 1994HUHungarian water polo player
• Kitti Madarassyb. 1997HUHungarian association football player
• Kitti NagyHungarian security analyst
• Kitti KissHUHungarian association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Kitti come from?

General of Parakkamabāhu I; one of the two Daṇḍanāyakabhātaro, the other being Saṅkhadhātu. Granted rank of Nagaragalla (Cv.lxx.280; lxxii.162). Recorded by Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh).

Is Kitti a male or female name?

Kitti is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

How do you pronounce Kitti?

A machine transcription gives /kiti/ (IPA) for Thai.

What does the name Kitti mean?

Recorded meaning: General of Parakkamabāhu I; one of the two Daṇḍanāyakabhātaro, the other being Saṅkhadhātu.

What are other forms of the name Kitti?

In the etymology graph, Karen, Kathleen and Catherine are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Katalin.

In which country does Kitti have the most bearers?

In Hungary, the national register counted about 20 thousand people named Kitti, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kitti.

Where is Kitti most common?

Kitti is densest in Hungary, where the national register counts about 1 in 490 people carrying it.

How common is the name Kitti?

In Hungary, the national register counted 19,954 people named Kitti in 2025, about 1 in 490 residents.

How common is Kitti compared with other names?

In Hungary, Kitti is the 152nd most common given name of 18,528 given names recorded there.