Whit is a given name and nickname which may refer to:
People:
- Whitner Whit Bissell (1909–1996), American actor
- Whit Burnett (1900–1972), American writer
- John Whitfield Whit Canale (1941–2011) American football player
- Whitfield Crane (born 1968), a founding member and lead singer of the rock band Ugly Kid Joe
- Whit Cunliffe (1876–1966), English singer
- Whit Dickey (born 1954), American jazz drummer
- Whitfield Diffie (born 1944), American cryptographer and one of the pioneers of public-key cryptography
- Whitney Whit Haydn (born 1949), American magician
- Whit Hertford (born 1978), American actor
- Whit Holcomb-Faye (born 1984), American basketball player
- Whitney Whit Johnson, American television journalist
- Whit Marshall (born 1973), American football player
- Whit Merrifield (born 1989), American baseball player
- John Whitney Whit Stillman (born 1952), American writer
- Whit Taylor (American football) (born 1960), American football player
- Whit Taylor (cartoonist), American cartoonist
- Whitman Whit Tucker, Canadian football player
- Whit Watson (born 1971), American sportscaster
- Whit Weeks, American football player
- Whit Williams (born 1973), American saxophonist
- Whit Wyatt (1907–1999), American baseball player
Fictional characters and pen names:
- Whit Masterson, pen name of a partnership of American authors Robert Allison "Bob" Wade and H. Bill Miller
- Whit Sterling, a main character in the 1947 film noir Out of the Past, played by Kirk Douglas