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Cristoffer

Cristoffer is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Swedish and Welsh.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Cristoffer comes from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Ancient Greek Χριστόφορος.

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The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Cristoffer through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1988
5 babies
2025
0
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012320002025Highest share 19880.0
Cristoffer in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1988–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Cristoffer’s family of names

In Welsh usage, Cristoffer has a conventional equivalent in the French form Christophe. In Swedish usage, Cristoffer has a related form in Kristoffer. In Swedish usage, Cristoffer has a related form in Christoffer.

Walk Cristoffer’s family in the name graph

CristofferKristofferChristofferCristoffyrChristopherChristopheΧριστόφοροςCristóbal

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Cristoffer has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.

SpanishSwedishAncient Greek

Ancient Greekwhere Cristoffer comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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