Given name · Greek
Χρήστος
Χρήστος (Chrístos) is a masculine given name from Byzantine Greek, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Christopher.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Χρήστος comes from Byzantine Greek, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Χρήστος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Χρήστος has a diminutive in Χρηστάκης. In Greek usage, Χρήστος has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Cristóbal. In Greek usage, Χρήστος has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Crístofer.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Χρήστος has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
6 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ChristopherEnglish
- Chrisequivalent
- Christosequivalent
- Christoequivalent
- Cristosequivalent
- Χριστάκηςequivalent
- CrístoferSpanish
- CristóbalSpanish
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People named Χρήστος
- Christos PatsatzoglouGreek footballerborn 1979
- Christos PapadimitriouGreek computer scientist (b. 1949)
- Christos MylordosCypriot singerborn 1991
- Christos YannarasGreek philosopher and Orthodox theologian (1935–2024)
- Christos StylianidesGreek Cypriot politicianborn 1958
- Christos PapoutsisGreek politicianborn 1953
- Christos VolikakisGreek racing cyclistborn 1988
- Christos ArdizoglouGreek footballerborn 1953
- Christos PapakyriakopoulosGreek mathematician (1914–1976)
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