Christophorus

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish

Origin and Meaning

Latin form of the Greek name Χριστοφορος (Khristophóros) meaning 'bearing Christ' (combination of Greek Χριστος (Christos) = 'Christ' and φερω (phero) = 'to bear' [1]

Related Names

     
Christof ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Christofer ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Christoffer ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Christoph ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Christopher ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Christophorus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Cristoffer ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Krissu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kristafár ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Kristof ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Kristofer ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Kristófer ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Kristoffa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Kristoffer ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Kristoffur ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Kristofine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Offer ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Riku ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Stoffa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Stoffer ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Toffe ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Tofferi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Chris, Kristo, Ripa

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[2] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m1.png 0 0 1 2
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Christophorus.

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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