| Meaning: | carrying Christ | Tools: Add to favorites Generate:
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| Name info: About the name Kristoffer in particular | |
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| Group info: About Christoph, the group of names with the same origin as Kristoffer | | 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 Kristoffer | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| Norway | Graph | 2022 187, 2021 132, 2020 149, 2019 128, 2018 132, 2017 102, 2016 86, 2015 96, 2014 83, 2013 91, 2012 72, 2011 57, 2010 47, 2009 34, 2008 28, 2007 29, 2006 29, 2005 25, 2004 27, 2003 19, 2002 22, 2001 18, 2000 21, 1999 25, 1998 21, 1997 19 |
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