Given name
Cristoval
“one who bears Christ inside”
Cristoval is a variant of Christopher. One Greek interpretation is “one who bears Christ inside.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cristoval is a variant of Christopher. One Greek interpretation is “one who bears Christ inside.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cristoval 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 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cristoval through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 442
- 442 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,425 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,425 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 437 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cristoval’s family of names
Cristoval has a related form in Christopher.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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