Name
CHRISTOPHER

Name CHRISTOPHER

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 2,361,913 births of Christopher in the countries below, which represents an average of 16,992 births of children bearing the first name Christopher per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 8,131 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Christopher   
In Italiano Nome Christopher   
Available variant : Christopher-
Variations : Christofer , Kristofer , Kristopher


Information about the first name Christopher

The first name Christopher is listed in our categories :The first name Christopher has been assigned to:
99.71% to boys
0.29% to girls
The country where the first name Christopher is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 11 letters including 3 vowels and 8 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Christopher

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Christopher : Chirstopher, Chrisotpher, Christephor, Christhoper, Christohper, Christopher-, Christophre, Christphoer, Chrsitopher, Crhistopher, Cristhopher

Christopher in Japanese *

Romajikurisutofaa
Katakanaクリストファー
Hiraganaくりすとふぁー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Christopher in Japanese
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Christopher in sign language

Christopher in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Christopher

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Ancient Greek Χριστόφορος (Khristóphoros, “Christ-bearing”). The meaning of the name suggested the legend of St. Christopher carrying the Christ child across water.
Pronunciation src :
  • enPR: krĭsʹtəfər, IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪs.tə.fə(ɹ)/
  • Hyphenation: Chris‧to‧pher
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • diminutives: Chris, Christie, Christy, Chip, Kit
  • variants: Kester, Kristopher
  • feminine forms: Christine
FR French
Etymology src :
  • From English Christopher, as a variant of the standard French Christophe.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /kʁis.tɔ.fɛʁ/
Proper noun src :
  • Christopher ?
  • A male given name.
SE Swedish
Etymology src :
  • English style spelling variant of the standard Swedish Kristoffer.
Proper noun src :
  • Christopher c (genitive Christophers)
  • A male given name from English.
DK Danish
Etymology src :
  • English style spelling variant of the standard Danish Christoffer.
Proper noun src :
  • Christopher
  • A male given name.
DE German
Etymology src :
  • From English Christopher, as a variant of the standard German Christoph.
Proper noun src :
  • Christopher m (genitive Christophers)
  • A male given name from English.
 

Popularity of the name Christopher

Number of CHRISTOPHER births per year

Total births of Christopher by country

Births with the first name Christopher
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2019
2,035,026
6,772
ONOntario
1913 - 2018
78,331
0
AUAustralia
1944 - 2019
70,743
3
FRFrance
1900 - 2019
38,377
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2019
27,138
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2019
25,477
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2019
19,611
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2019
13,825
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2019
9,749
7
QCQuebec
1980 - 2019
8,009
31
ATAustria
1984 - 2018
6,768
0
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2019
6,302
0
NONorway
1945 - 2019
3,124
0
CHSwitzerland
1912 - 2019
3,076
0
BRBrazil
1930 - 2010
2,660
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2019
1,987
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2018
1,882
6
BEBelgium
1995 - 2019
996
0
SESweden
1998 - 2019
770
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2018
394
1
PLPoland
2000 - 2019
332
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
243
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
174
0
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2019
96
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2019
3
0

Total births of Christopher by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Christopher
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2019
6,960
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2019
368
0
ONOntario
2018
126
0
BRBrazil
2010
119
0
ITItaly
2018
119
0
IEIreland
2019
83
0
FRFrance
2019
41
0
ABAlberta
2019
40
0
QCQuebec
2019
34
0
ATAustria
2018
32
0
NLNetherlands
2019
31
0
NZNew Zealand
2019
30
0
AUAustralia
2019
21
0
DEGermany
2018
21
0
BCBritish Columbia
2019
19
0
DKDenmark
2019
16
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
14
0
ARArgentina
2015
12
0
SESweden
2019
11
0
CHSwitzerland
2019
10
0
NONorway
2019
9
0
PLPoland
2019
8
0
BEBelgium
2019
7
0

Comments on the name Christopher

Personalities with the first name Christopher

There are 579 personalities with the first name Christopher


Johnny Depp
(John Christopher Depp) src

United states of america
Film actor Nightclub owner Screenwriter Guitarist Voice actor Film director Film producer Television actor


Chris Pratt
src

United states of america
Actor Voice actor Television actor Film actor


Chris Pine
(Christopher Whitelaw Pine) src

United states of america
Stage actor Voice actor Television actor Film actor


Christopher Lee
(Christopher Frank Carandini Lee) src

United kingdom
Actor Writer Military personnel Singer Character actor Stage actor Voice actor Opera singer Film producer Television actor Film actor Orator Soe agent


Christopher Plummer
(Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer) src

Canada
Character actor Stage actor Voice actor Television actor Film actor


Christopher Nolan
(Christopher Edward Nolan) src

United states of america United kingdom
Writer Cinematographer Executive producer Screenwriter Actor Camera operator Film director Film producer Film editor Film actor


Christopher Marlowe
src

Kingdom of england
Writer Poet Playwright Translator Author


Chris Evans
(Christopher Robert Evans) src

United states of america
Actor Voice actor Film director Film producer Model Television actor Film actor


Chris Hemsworth
src

Australia
Actor Model Television actor


Ashton Kutcher
src

United states of america
Actor Comedian Financier Restaurateur Model Television actor Film actor



There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Christopher
Full list of personalities with the first name Christopher

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Christopher

There are 6648 actors and actresses with the first name Christopher
Christopher Savage
Christopher Bartolozzi
Christopher Ausburn
Christopher Klehr
Christopher Li
Christopher Craven
Christopher Denomme
Christopher Bones
Christopher Lorey
Christopher Casa
Christopher Reed
Christopher Jordan Wallace
Christopher Lorincz
Christopher Paul Horne
Christopher James Phillips
Christopher Theobald
Christopher Tavani
Christopher Hurt
Christopher Gomez
Christopher Plumley
Christopher Montoya
Christopher Weedon
Christopher James Casper
Christopher Mulvin
Christopher Gerse
Christopher James Lopez
Christopher Lagerholm
Christopher Strong
Christopher Proutt
Christopher Zioulas

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Christopher
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Christopher

Rankings of first name CHRISTOPHER by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#44US United State of America2019
#84IE Ireland2019
#110ON Ontario2018
#120AU Australia2019
#135AB Alberta2019
#152GB United Kingdom2019
#161IT Italy2018
#173NZ New Zealand2019
#178QC Quebec2019
#180CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#198AT Austria2018
#234BC British Columbia2019
#269DK Denmark2019
#345PL Poland2019
#361NO Norway2019
#367DE Germany2018
#385AR Argentina2015
#496NL Netherlands2019
#501CH Switzerland2019
#591SE Sweden2019
#824BR Brazil2010
#990FR France2019
#1175BE Belgium2019
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name CHRISTOPHER (female) births over the last year available in each country


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