Given name · also Latin
Cristóvão
“to carry”
Cristóvão is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cristóvão goes back to a word meaning “to carry.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Cristóvão comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Cristóvão developed from Χριστόφορος.
Cristóvão’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Cristóvão shares an earlier linguistic root with Christopher. In Portuguese usage, Cristóvão has a conventional equivalent in the French form Christophe. In Portuguese usage, Cristóvão has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Krzysztof.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cristóvão has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Cristóvão comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Christianusvariant · Portuguese
- Christophorusvariant · Portuguese
- Christóvãovariant · Portuguese
- Christovãovariant · Portuguese
- Cristóvamvariant · Portuguese
- Cristovamvariant · Portuguese
- Christovamvariant · Portuguese
- Christovaõvariant · Portuguese
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Across languages 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Christopherdoublet · Portuguese, English
- Cristobalequivalent
- Kristoferequivalent
- Christoferequivalent
- Christophequivalent
- Kristofferequivalent
- KrzysztofPolish
- Kesterequivalent
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- Christofequivalent
- Christofferequivalent
- Kristofequivalent
- ChristopheFrench
- Kristófequivalent
- Khristoforequivalent
- Christovequivalent
- Cristoforoequivalent
- Krištofequivalent
- Kristóferequivalent
- Kristapsequivalent
- Kryštofequivalent
- Χριστόφοροςroot · Greek, Ancient Greek
- CrístoferSpanish
- CristóbalSpanish
- Cristóforodoublet · Portuguese
- Христофорequivalent
- Քրիստափորequivalent
People named Cristóvão
- Cristóvão da GamaPortuguese soldier in Ethiopia1516–1542
- Cristóvão FerreiraPortuguese Jesuit missionary1580–1650
- Cristóvão BorgesBrazilian footballerborn 1959
- Cristóvão JacquesPortuguese explorer1480
- Cristóvão LopesPortuguese painter (c.1516-1594)
- Cristóvão de MendonçaPortuguese explorer1475–1532
- Cristóvão FalcãoPortuguese writer1512–1557
- Cristóvão de FigueiredoPortuguese artist (-1540 ca.)1450–1540
- Cristóvão de Moura, 1st Marquis of Castelo Rodrigopolitician1538–1613
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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