Given name & surname
Christophorus
“Christ”·“bearing”
Christophorus is a masculine given name from Koine Greek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in German and Latin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Christophorus is built from elements meaning “Christ” and “bearing”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Christophorus comes from Koine Greek, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Koine Greek Χρῑστόφορος, from Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti, built from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός + φόρος (“bearing”).
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Christophorus’s family of names
In English usage, Christophorus has a feminine form in CHRISTOPHORA. In Latin usage, Christophorus has a related form in Christopher. In Latin usage, Christophorus has a conventional equivalent in the German form Christopher.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Christophorus has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
13 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Christophervariant · Latin, English
- Chrisvariant · German
- Christophvariant · German
- Christifervariant · Latin
- Cristofanuvariant · Corsican
- Christophanusvariant · Latin
- Christopherusvariant · Latin
- Cristóvãovariant · Portuguese
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 28
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Cristobalequivalent
- Kristoferequivalent
- Christoferequivalent
- Kristofferequivalent
- KrzysztofPolish
- Kesterequivalent
- Christofequivalent
- Christofferequivalent
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- Kristofequivalent
- Christopheequivalent
- Χριστοφήςequivalent
- Christophorosequivalent
- Χριστόφοροςequivalent
- Kristófequivalent
- Khristoforequivalent
- Κρίστοφερequivalent
- Christovequivalent
- Cristoforoequivalent
- Christophisequivalent
- Krištofequivalent
- Kristóferequivalent
- Kristapsequivalent
- Kryštofequivalent
- CrístoferSpanish
- Christophorafeminine form · English
- Christoffelderivative · Dutch
- Христофорequivalent
- Քրիստափորequivalent
People named Christophorus
- C. H. D. Buys BallotDutch physicist (*1817 – †1890)
- Christophorus Tri Harsono20th and 21st-century Indonesian Catholic bishopborn 1966
- Christopher WittichDutch theologian1625–1687
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