Given name & surname
Cristobal
“one who bears Christ inside”
Cristobal is a variant of Christopher. One Greek interpretation is “one who bears Christ inside.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cristobal is a variant of Christopher. One Greek interpretation is “one who bears Christ inside.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cristobal 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 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cristobal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,001
- 7,990 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 249 babies
- 2025
- 105
- #1,610 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +2%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 105 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,610 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 2.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 249 in 2001. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (26). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,329 as a first name in 2020; 3,669 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.
Cristobal’s family of names
Cristobal has a short form in Cristo. Cristobal has a related form in Christopher. In Spanish usage, Cristobal has a conventional equivalent in the German form Christopher.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Kristoferequivalent
- Christoferequivalent
- Christophequivalent
- Kristofferequivalent
- Krzysztofequivalent
- Christofequivalent
- Christofferequivalent
- Kristofequivalent
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- Christopheequivalent
- Kesterequivalent
- Christovequivalent
- Cristoforoequivalent
- Krištofequivalent
- Kristóferequivalent
- Kristapsequivalent
- Kryštofequivalent
- Христофорequivalent
- Քրիստափորequivalent
- Cristóvãoequivalent
- Christophorusequivalent
- Cristòfolequivalent
- Christophorosequivalent
- Χριστόφοροςequivalent
- Kristófequivalent
- Khristoforequivalent
People named Cristobal
- Cristobal HuetFrench ice hockey playerborn 1975
- Cristobal Tapia de Veerscore composerborn 1973
- Cristóbal de OñateSpanish conquistador (1504–1567)
- Cristóbal AburtoOlympic judokaborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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