Given name & surname
Christer
Christer is a masculine given name from Christian. It is used in Swedish and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Christer was in use during the 15th century.
Christer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 352 as a first name in 2020; 101 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Christer’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Christer has a related form in Christian. Christer is a form of Christian. In Swedish usage, Christer has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form KRYSTIAN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Christer
- Christer BjörkmanSwedish singer, television presenter and producerborn 1957
- Christer PetterssonSwedish criminal (1947–2004)
- Christer MajbäckSwedish cross-country skierborn 1964
- Christer BasmaNorwegian footballerborn 1972
- Christer WallinSwedish swimmerborn 1969
- Christer FursthSwedish footballerborn 1970
- Christer StrömholmSwedish photographer (1918-2002)
- Christer SjögrenSwedish dansband and rock singerborn 1950
- Christer JohanssonSwedish cross-country skierborn 1950
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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