Kristofer

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Norwegian
Danish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Variant form of Kristoffer

Related Names

See Christopher

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Kristofersen
Kristoferson
Kristoferssen
Kristofersson
Kristoferssøn
Kristofersøn

Female

Kristoferdatter
Kristofersdatter
Kristofersdotter
Kristofersdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Kristofer
Genitive:	Kristofers

- Finnish
Nominative:	Kristofer
Genitive:	Kristoferin
Partitive:	Kristoferia

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Kristofer
Accusative:	Kristofer
Dative:	Kristofer
Genitive:	Kristofers

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Kristofer
Genitive:	Kristofers

- Swedish
Nominative:	Kristofer
Genitive:	Kristofers

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name on 9 February 2011

Strongest Period of Usage

• Norway:
  • 1900-1915
  • 1985-1995

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden: Ångermanland (19th century) see map

Namesakes

• Kristofer Hivju (born 7 December 1978), Norwegian actor

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		2215	4452	0	0	2215	4452
Finland		n.a.	574	0	0	n.a.	574
Iceland		19	22	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Denmark		27	n.a.	0	n.a.	27	n.a.
Norway		153	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	153	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: 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.

 

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Kristofer (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.