Given name & surname
Cristo
“one who bears Christ inside”
In Spanish use, Cristo is a short form of Christopher. One Greek interpretation is “one who bears Christ inside.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Cristo is a short form of Christopher. One Greek interpretation is “one who bears Christ inside.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Spanish use, Cristo is a short form of Christopher. An origin associated with Christopher is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish use, Cristo is used as a shortened form of Cristobal.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cristo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,239
- 1,239 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 70 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,532 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,532 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 70 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,283 as a first name in 2020; 596 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.
Cristo’s family of names
Cristo is an affectionate form of Christopher. In Italian usage, Cristo has a conventional equivalent in the German form CHRIST. Cristo is a short form of Christopher.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ChristGerman
- Kristoequivalent
- Cristinoequivalent
- Cristosequivalent
- Hristoequivalent
- Christoequivalent
- Христоequivalent
- Ristoequivalent
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People named Cristo
- Cristo GonzálezCristo González Pérez el guapísimo futbolista españolborn 1997
- Cristo FernándezMexican actor and footballerborn 1991
- Cristo MartínSpanish footballerborn 1987
- Cristo ReyesSpanish darts playerborn 1987
- Cristo MarreroSpanish footballerborn 1978
- Cristo DíazSpanish footballerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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