Given name
Kristaps
Kristaps is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Latvian usage, Kristaps developed from Χριστόφορος.
Kristaps’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Kristaps shares a linguistic root with the English form Christopher. In Latvian usage, Kristaps has a conventional equivalent in the French form Christophe. In Lithuanian usage, Kristaps has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Krzysztof.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Kristaps has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Kristaps comes from · 1 name
Across languages 27
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Christophercognate · English
- Cristobalequivalent
- Kristoferequivalent
- Christoferequivalent
- Christophequivalent
- Kristofferequivalent
- KrzysztofPolish
- Christofferequivalent
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- Kristofequivalent
- ChristopheFrench
- Kesterequivalent
- Christofequivalent
- Kristóferequivalent
- Kryštofequivalent
- Χριστόφοροςroot · Greek, Ancient Greek
- CrístoferSpanish
- CristóbalSpanish
- Христофорequivalent
- Քրիստափորequivalent
- Cristóvãoequivalent
- Christophorusequivalent
- Cristòfolequivalent
- Kristófequivalent
- Khristoforequivalent
- Christovequivalent
- Cristoforoequivalent
- Krištofequivalent
People named Kristaps
- Kristaps PorziņģisLatvian basketball player (born 1995)
- Kristaps SotnieksLatvian ice hockey playerborn 1987
- Kristaps ZīleLatvian ice hockey defenseman (born 1997)
- Kristaps GrebisLatvian footballerborn 1980
- Kristaps ZvejnieksLatvian alpine skier, Inline Alpine Slalom racerborn 1992
- Kristaps ValtersLatvian basketball player (born 1981)
- Kristaps DārgaisLatvian basketball player (born 1990)
- Kristaps EklonsLatvian politician and firefighterborn 1971
- Kristaps GluditisLatvian basketball player (born 1995)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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“dove”
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