Given name · also Russian
Kristoforas
Kristoforas is a masculine given name from Russian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Lithuanian.
Original RussianХристофор
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kristoforas comes from Russian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Kristoforas developed from Χριστόφορος.
Kristoforas’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Kristoforas developed from the Ancient Greek form Χριστόφορος. In Lithuanian usage, Kristoforas has a related form in KRISTUPAS. In Lithuanian usage, Kristoforas was borrowed from the Russian form Христофор.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kristoforas has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Kristoforas comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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