| Meaning: | carrying Christ | Tools: Add to favorites Generate:
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| Name info: About the name Chris in particular | | Gender: | male |
| Languages of use: | English |
| Is short form of: | Christopher |
| Topics: | Male and female |
| US 2021 rank: | #660 ... 658:Trenton, 659:Callahan, 660:Chris, 661:Mohammad, 662:Rayan ... Full US 2021 list |
| Similarly written: | Chris, Charis, Aris, Baris, Boris, Cari, Carin, Carys, Cerys, Chaim Details |
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| Group info: About Christoph, the group of names with the same origin as Chris | | Meaning/translation: | carrying Christ |
| Language of origin: | Old Greek |
| Info about origin: | widespread in the Middle Ages in reverence for Saint Christopher (3rd century), patron saint of travellers and one of the 14 Holy Helpers |
| Words: | christos = the sanctified, the anointed Old Greek |
| | pherein = to bear, to carry Old Greek |
| Topics: | 14 Holy Helpers, New Testament |
| Variants' top ranks: | 1:Christopher England+Wales 1984, 2:Krzysztof Poland 2012, 4:Kristófer Iceland 2010, 5:Kristofer Estonia 2018, 6:Cristóbal Chile 2012, 6:Hristo Bulgaria 2011, 9:Christophe France 2011, 13:Kristóf Hungary 2015, 14:Christoph Austria/Vienna 2000, 16:Krystof Czechia 2017 |
| Old/original forms: | Christophoros Old Greek, Christophorus Latin |
| Name variants: | Chris, Christóbal, Christof, Christofer, Christoff, Christoffer, Christoph, Christophe, Christopher, Cristobal, Cristóbal, Cristofer, Cristoforo, Cristopher, Cristovão, Hristo, Kris, Kristof, Kristóf, Kristofer, Kristófer, Kristoffer, Kristopher, Krisztofer, Krystof, Krysztof, Krzysztof, Risto Sortable list Details |
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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Chris | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| France | | 2002 395 |
| Switzerland | | 1997 224 |
| USA decades | Graph | 1990-1999 451, 1980-1989 333, 1970-1979 109, 1960-1969 60 |
| USA prevalence | | 1990 96 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 2023 774, 2022 671, 2021 660, 2020 674, 2019 565, 2018 613, 2017 595, 2016 559, 2015 507, 2014 514, 2013 453, 2012 429, 2011 461, 2010 395, 2009 358, 2008 347, 2007 350, 2006 358, 2005 397, 2004 395, 2003 387, 2002 381, 2001 377, 2000 392, 1999 396, 1998 408, 1997 428, 1996 414, 1995 464, 1994 483, 1993 473 |
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