Given name & surname
Christophe
“one who bears Christ inside”
Christophe is a variant of Christopher. One Greek interpretation is “one who bears Christ inside.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Christophe is a variant of Christopher. One Greek interpretation is “one who bears Christ inside.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Christophe is a variant of 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 1929. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Christophe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,476
- 4,476 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 325 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 325 in 1955. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,073 as a first name in 2020; 1,014 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Christophe’s family of names
In French usage, Christophe has a diminutive in Chris. Christophe shares a linguistic root with Christopher. In French usage, Christophe has a conventional equivalent in the German form Christoph.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Christophe has relatives in 48 languages.
46 related names in 48 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 52
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Cristobalequivalent
- KristoferEstonian
- Christoferequivalent
- KristofferNorwegian
- KrzysztofPolish
- Kesterequivalent
- Christofequivalent
- KristofTurkish, Breton
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- ChristofferDutch, Danish
- KristupasLithuanian
- CristofferWelsh
- Christophorusequivalent
- Khristoforequivalent
- Tittoequivalent
- Christovequivalent
- Chrystopheequivalent
- ΧριστόφοροςGreek
- CrístoferSpanish
- CristóbalSpanish
- Cristofecognate · Walloon
- คริสโตเฟอร์Thai
- KryštofCzech, Slovak
- கிரிஸ்டோபர்Tamil
- KrištofSlovene
- ХристофорRussian, Bulgarian
- CristóvãoPortuguese
- CristòlOccitan
- ĦamalluMaltese
- KristapsLatvian
- クリストファーJapanese
- CristoforoItalian
- KristóferIcelandic
- KristófHungarian
- क्रिस्तोफरHindi
- כריסטופרHebrew
- ქრისტეფორეGeorgian
- CristovoGalician
- CríostóirIrish
- CrìsdeanScottish Gaelic
- RistoFinnish
- KristoforoEsperanto
- CristofanuCorsican
- KittoCornish
- 크리스토퍼Korean
- 克里斯托弗Chinese
- CristòfolCatalan
- КристофърBulgarian
- ক্রিস্টোফারBengali
- KistobalBasque
- ՔրիստափորArmenian
- CristofoAragonese
- كريستوفرArabic
People named Christophe
- Saint Christophersaint in the Catholic and Orthodox church300–251
- Christopher of Bavariaking of Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1442-14481416–1448
- Christophe DugarryFrench footballer (born 1972)
- Bob SinclarFrench DJ and record producer (born 1969)
- Christophe LemaitreFrench athleteborn 1990
- Christophe JalletFrench footballer (born 1983)
- Christophe GaltierFrench football manager (born 1966)
- Christophe SogloBeninese politician (1909-1983)
- Christophe LaporteFrench bicycle racerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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