Given name & surname
Christof
“one who bears Christ inside”
In German use, Christof has a related form in Christopher. One Greek interpretation is “one who bears Christ inside.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Christof has a related form in Christopher. One Greek interpretation is “one who bears Christ inside.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Christof has a related form in Christopher. An origin associated with Christopher is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Christof through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 59
- 59 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 8 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 283 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Christof’s family of names
In German usage, Christof has a related form in Christopher. In German usage, Christof has a related form in Christoph. In German usage, Christof has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Cristóbal.
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Around the world
Christof has relatives in 4 languages.
9 related names in 4 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 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Cristobalequivalent
- Kristoferequivalent
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- Kristofferequivalent
- Krzysztofequivalent
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People named Christof
- Christof InnerhoferItalian alpine skierborn 1984
- Christof Duffnerski jumperborn 1971
- Christof KochAmerican neuroscientistborn 1956
- Christof LengGerman computer scientist and politicianborn 1975
- Christof SchwallerSwiss curlerborn 1966
- Christof WetterichGerman physicistborn 1952
- Christof Michael WackernagelGerman actorborn 1951
- Christof WandratschGerman swimmerborn 1966
- Christof LauerGerman musicianborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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