Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Χριστόφορος
“Christ”·“bearing”
Χριστόφορος (Khrīstóphoros) is a masculine given name from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Christopher.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Χριστόφορος is built from elements meaning “Christ” and “bearing”.
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Where it comes from
Χριστόφορος comes from Proto-Indo-European.
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How it developed
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-, built from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός + -φόρος (“bearing”).
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Χριστόφορος’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Χριστόφορος has a later derivative in Christopher. In Greek usage, Χριστόφορος has a conventional equivalent in the French form Christophe. In Greek usage, Χριστόφορος has a conventional equivalent in the English form Christopher.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Χριστόφορος has relatives in 48 languages.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 50
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Christopherderivative · ceb, English
- Cristobalequivalent
- KristoferEstonian
- ChristophGerman
- KristofferNorwegian
- Krzysztofborrowing · Polish
- ChristopheFrench
- Cristofferborrowing · Welsh
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- KristofTurkish, Breton
- ChristofferDutch, Danish
- KristoforAlbanian
- Κρίστοφερequivalent
- Christophisequivalent
- KrzysztoforPolish
- Kristoforoderivative · Esperanto
- CrístoferSpanish
- Kristoforasderivative · Lithuanian
- CristóbalSpanish
- Cristóvãoderivative · Portuguese
- Kristapsderivative · Latvian
- Christophorusequivalent
- Χριστοφήςequivalent
- क्रिस्तोफरHindi
- RistoFinnish
- KryštofCzech, Slovak
- கிரிஸ்டோபர்Tamil
- คริสโตเฟอร์Thai
- KrištofSlovene
- ХристофорRussian, Bulgarian
- HristoforRomanian
- CristoforRomanian
- KristófHungarian
- CristòlOccitan
- ক্রিস্টোফারBengali
- ĦamalluMaltese
- 크리스토퍼Korean
- 克里斯托弗Chinese
- CristòfolCatalan
- CristoforoItalian
- KristóferIcelandic
- CríostóirIrish
- クリストファーJapanese
- כריסטופרHebrew
- ქრისტეფორეGeorgian
- CristovoGalician
- KistobalBasque
- Hristuforroa-rup
- ՔրիստափորArmenian
- CristofoAragonese
- كريستوفرArabic
People named Χριστόφορος
- Christopher A. PissaridesBritish-Cypriot economistborn 1948
- Christoforos PapakaliatisGreek actorborn 1975
- Christopher of Mytilene11th-century Byzantine poet and writer1000–1050
- Christopher PapamichalopoulosCypriot alpine skierborn 1988
- Christoforos LiontakisGreek poet and translator (1945–2019)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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