Given name & surname
Kristof
“a follower of Christ”
Kristof is a variant of Kristopher. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kristof is a variant of Kristopher. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kristof is a variant of Kristopher. An origin associated with Kristopher is Scandinavian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kristof through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 299
- 299 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 442 as a first name in 2020; 614 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.
Kristof’s family of names
Kristof has a related form in Kristopher. In Breton usage, Kristof has a conventional equivalent in the French form Christophe. In German usage, Kristof has a related form in Christoph.
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Around the world
Kristof has relatives in 6 languages.
8 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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.
- ChristopherEnglish
- Cristobalequivalent
- Kristoferequivalent
- Christoferequivalent
- Kristofferequivalent
- Krzysztofequivalent
- ChristopheFrench
- Kesterequivalent
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- Christofequivalent
- Christofferequivalent
- ΧριστόφοροςGreek
- CrístoferSpanish
- CristóbalSpanish
- Христофорequivalent
- Քրիստափորequivalent
- Cristóvãoequivalent
- Christophorusequivalent
- Cristòfolequivalent
- Khristoforequivalent
- Christovequivalent
- Cristoforoequivalent
- Kristapsequivalent
- Kristóferequivalent
- Kryštofequivalent
- Krištofsource · Slovene
People named Kristof
- Kristof VliegenBelgian tennis playerborn 1982
- Kristof VandewalleBelgian road cyclistborn 1985
- Kristof GoddaertBelgian road bicycle racer (1986–2014)
- Kristof WilkeGerman rowerborn 1985
- Kristof Van HoutBelgian footballerborn 1987
- Kristof MagnussonIcelandic-German writer and translator (born 1976)
- Kristof Konradactorborn 1975
- Kristof D'haeneBelgian footballerborn 1990
- Kristof BeyensBelgian athletics competitor (born 1983)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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