Given name
Kristoffer
“a follower of Christ”·“one who bears Christ inside”
Kristoffer is a variant of Kristopher. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a follower of Christ.” In Swedish use, Kristoffer has a related form in Christopher. One Greek interpretation is “one who bears Christ inside.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kristoffer is a variant of Kristopher. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a follower of Christ.” In Swedish use, Kristoffer has a related form in Christopher. One Greek interpretation is “one who bears Christ inside.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kristoffer is a variant of Kristopher. An origin associated with Kristopher is Scandinavian. In Swedish use, Kristoffer has a related form in Christopher. An origin associated with Christopher is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Scandinavian use, Kristoffer is used as a form of Christopher.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kristoffer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,940
- 3,940 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 305 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #7,025 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,025 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 39.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 305 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,270 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.
Kristoffer’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Kristoffer has a diminutive in Krille. In Swedish usage, Kristoffer shares a linguistic root with the English form Christopher. Kristoffer has a related form in Kristopher.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kristoffer has relatives in 8 languages.
12 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
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 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Cristobalequivalent
- Christoferequivalent
- Christophequivalent
- KrzysztofPolish
- Kristofequivalent
- ChristopheFrench
- Kesterequivalent
- Christofequivalent
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- Kristóferequivalent
- Kristapsequivalent
- Kryštofequivalent
- Kristoffersen“son of” surname · English
- ΧριστόφοροςGreek
- CrístoferSpanish
- CristóbalSpanish
- Христофорequivalent
- Քրիստափորequivalent
- Cristóvãoequivalent
- Christophorusequivalent
- Cristòfolequivalent
- Kristófequivalent
- Khristoforequivalent
- Christovequivalent
- Cristoforoequivalent
- Krištofequivalent
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kristoffer
- Kris KristoffersonAmerican country singer, songwriter and actor (1936-2024)
- Kristoffer AjerNorwegian association football player (born 1998)
- Kristoffer OlssonSwedish footballerborn 1995
- Kristoffer PolahaAmerican actorborn 1977
- Kristoffer HalvorsenNorwegian road cyclistborn 1996
- Kristoffer LundDanish-American soccer playerborn 2002
- Kristoffer PetersonSwedish footballerborn 1994
- Kristoffer BrunNorwegian rowerborn 1988
- Kristoffer JonerNorwegian actorborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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