Name

Name KRIS

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 25,607 births of Kris in the countries below, which represents an average of 180 births of children bearing the first name Kris per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 83 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Kris
In Italiano

Nome Kris

Variation : Chris

Information about the first name Kris

The first name Kris has been assigned to:

55.73% to boys
44.27% to girls

The country where the first name Kris is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Both (Unisex)

This first name has 4 letters including 1 vowel and 3 consonants

Kris in Japanese ^*

Romaji	kurisu
Katakana	クリス
Hiragana	くりす
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Kris in sign language

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Kris in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Kris

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay keris. Doublet of kalis. Recognized as part of English ca. 1580.

Alternative forms

Chris

Alternative forms

crease, creese, creeze, cris, criss, keris, kreese, kriss

Anagrams

Risk, irks, kirs, riks, risk

Noun

kris (plural krises or krisses)
A traditional Indonesian, Malay, or Filipino sword or dagger having a tapering, usually serpentine blade.

Noun

KRIs
plural of KRI

Verb

kris (third-person singular simple present krises, present participle krising or krissing, simple past and past participle krised or krissed)
(transitive) To stab with a kris.

Noun (Descendants)

→ Serbo-Croatian: kris

General

Proper noun

Kris
A diminutive of the female given names Kristina, Christina, Kristin, Kristine and related given names.
A diminutive of the male given names Christopher, Christian, and related given names.

Swedish

Anagrams

riks-, risk, skri

Noun

kris c
crisis (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦼꦫꦶꦱ꧀ (keris), from Old Javanese kĕris, kris.

Noun

kris f or m (plural krissen)
kris (Indonesian or Malay with a wavy blade)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /krɪs/
Hyphenation: kris
Rhymes: -ɪs
Homophone: Chris

Popularity of the name Kris

Number of KRIS births per year

Popularity of the name Kris

Total births of Kris by country

		Births with the first name Kris
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	10,994 11,020
	France 1900 - 2022	706 33
	Slovenia 1992 - 2022	397 0
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	386 4
	New Zealand 1900 - 2022	335 0
	Ontario 1913 - 2019	310 0
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2021	260 0
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	160 7
	Italy 1999 - 2021	119 17
	Brazil 1930 - 2022	0 130
	Netherlands 2015 - 2022	26 82
	Belgium 1995 - 2022	107 0
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	86 13
	Australia 1930 - 2022	84 8
	British Columbia 1919 - 2022	80 0
	Germany 2000 - 2022	57 0
	Ireland 1964 - 2022	52 0
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	45 3
	Austria 1984 - 2021	43 1
	Chili 2010 - 2021	15 15
	Poland 2000 - 2022	8 0
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	0 4

Popularity of the name Kris

Total births of Kris by country (last available year)

		Births with the first name Kris
Country		Boys Girls
	Slovenia 2022	30 0
	Germany 2022	12 0
	France 2022	11 0
	United State of America 2022	10 0
	Ontario 2019	9 0
	United Kingdom 2021	3 0
	Alberta 2022	2 0
	Switzerland 2021	2 0
	Austria 2021	1 0
	Quebec 2022	1 0
	Denmark 2022	1 0
	Italy 2021	1 0

Comments on the name Kris

Personalities with the first name Kris

There are 55 personalities with the first name Kris

Kris Kristofferson (Kristoffer Kristofferson)

United states of america
Composer Singer Singer-songwriter Guitarist Voice actor Film actor Recording artist

Kris Jenner (Kristen Mary Houghton)

United states of america
Actor Flight attendant Celebrity Author Socialite Television producer Television presenter

Kris Wu (李嘉恒)

Canada China
Actor Composer Singer Singer-songwriter Songwriter Rapper Model Film actor Recording artist

Kris Allen (Kristopher Neil Allen)

United states of america
Composer Singer Pianist Singer-songwriter Guitarist Violinist

Kris Boyd

United kingdom
Association football player

Kris Humphries

United states of america
Basketball player

Kris Marshall

United kingdom
Actor Stage actor Television actor Film actor

Kris Peeters

Belgium
Lawyer Politician International forum participant

Kris Meeke

United kingdom
Engineer Rally driver

Kris Aquino

Philippines
Actor Television presenter Film actor

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

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Kris

There are 874 actors and actresses with the first name Kris

Kris Grikaite

Kris The Foxx

Kris Stadtlander

Kris Keach

Kris Shen

Kris Bryant

Kris Wu

Kris Bernal

Kris D. Lofton

Kris Van Damme

Kris Cozzens

Kris Allen

Kris Fried

Kris Carter

Kris Tebbs

Kris Zwart

Kris Page

Kris Holmes

Kris Williams

Kris Palm

Kris Slater

Kris Rey

Kris Roc

Kris R. Anderson

Kris Knight

Kris Murrell

Kris Andersen

Kris Lemche

Kris De'ferr

Kris Wilson

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

Rankings of first name KRIS by country

Country ranking (boys)
Rank	Country	Year
#70	Slovenia	2022
#981	Ontario	2019
#1885	Alberta	2022
#2219	Germany	2022
#2373	Denmark	2022
#2520	Switzerland	2021
#2556	France	2022
#3180	United State of America	2022
#4222	Austria	2021
#6016	United Kingdom	2021
#7552	Quebec	2022
#22013	Italy	2021