Given name
Kristofer
“a follower of Christ”
Kristofer is a variant of Kristopher. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kristofer is a variant of Kristopher. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kristofer 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 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kristofer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,791
- 9,791 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 349 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #3,622 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,622 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 27.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 349 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,552 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.
Kristofer’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Kristofer has a short form in KRISTO. Kristofer has a related form in Kristopher. In Estonian usage, Kristofer has a conventional equivalent in the French form Christophe.
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Around the world
Kristofer has relatives in 8 languages.
10 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 23
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Christopheralso known as · English, Swedish
- Cristobalequivalent
- Christoferequivalent
- Christophequivalent
- KrzysztofPolish
- Kristofequivalent
- ChristopheFrench
- Kesterequivalent
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People named Kristofer
- Kristofer HivjuNorwegian actorborn 1978
- Kris DunnAmerican basketball player (born 1994)
- Kristofer HæstadNorwegian association football playerborn 1983
- Kristofer JansonNorwegian writer (1841–1917)
- Kristofer UppdalNorwegian writer (1878–1961)
- Kristofer SchipperDutch sinologist (1934-2021)
- Kristofer Michael HelgenAmerican zoologistborn 1980
- Kristofer LehmkuhlNorwegian politician (1855-1949)
- GreczulaSwedish singerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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