Given name & surname
Cristoforo
“one who bears Christ inside”
Cristoforo is a form of Christopher. One Greek interpretation is “one who bears Christ inside.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cristoforo is a form of Christopher. One Greek interpretation is “one who bears Christ inside.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cristoforo is a form of Christopher. An origin associated with Christopher is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian use, Cristoforo is used as a form of Christopher.
Cristoforo’s family of names
Cristoforo shares a linguistic root with Christopher. In Italian usage, Cristoforo has a conventional equivalent in the French form Christophe. Cristoforo has a related form in Christopher.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cristoforo has relatives in 7 languages.
8 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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
- Crisequivalent
- ChristophGerman
- Cristoequivalent
- Kristofferequivalent
- KrzysztofPolish
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- Christofferequivalent
- Kristofequivalent
- ChristopheFrench
- Kesterequivalent
- Christofequivalent
- Krištofequivalent
- Kristóferequivalent
- Kristapsequivalent
- ΧριστόφοροςGreek
- CrístoferSpanish
- CristóbalSpanish
- KryštofCzech
- Христофорequivalent
- Քրիստափորequivalent
- Cristóvãoequivalent
- Christophorusequivalent
- Cristòfolequivalent
- Kristófequivalent
- Khristoforequivalent
- Christovequivalent
People named Cristoforo
- Christopher ColumbusItalian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
- Cristoforo Landinohumanist, philosopher and writer from Italy1424–1498
- Cristoforo MoroDoge of Venice1390–1471
- Cristoforo Buondelmonti15th-century Italian writer and geographer1385–1430
- Cristoforo MadruzzoCatholic cardinal1512–1578
- Cristoforo SolariItalian sculptor and architect (1468-1524)1460–1524
- Cristoforo RoncalliItalian painter (c.1553-1626)1552–1626
- Cristoforo CaresanaItalian composer1640–1709
- Cristoforo NegriItalian geographer, economist and diplomat (1809-1896)
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