Christopher

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χριστόφορος or 'Christ-bearing'. The meaning of the name suggested the legend of St. Christopher carrying the Christ child across water.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɹɪs.tə.fə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"kr\Is.t@.f@(r\)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkɹɪs.tə.fɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"kr\Is.t@.f@`/

Proper noun

Christopher

1. A male given name.
   • 1594 William Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew: Induction, Scene II:

     Am not I Christopher Sly, old Sly's son, of Burtonheath; by birth a pedlar, by education a card-maker, by transmutation a bear-herd, and now by present profession a tinker?

   • 1934 Dorothy Sayers, The Nine Tailors:

     - - - a baby, which also happened to fall due, was baptized "Paul" ( for the church ) "Christopher" ( because St. Christopher had to do with rivers and ferries ), the Rector strenuously resisting the parents' desire to call it "Van Weyden Flood".

2. A patronymic surname.

Related terms

• Chris
• Christie
• Chip
• Kester
• Kit

Translations

a male given name

• Arabic: كريستوفر (Kristoofer)
• Aragonese: Cristofo
• Armenian: Կրիսդապոր (Krisdapor)
• Basque: Kristobal
• Bengali: ক্রিস্টোফার
• Breton: Kristof, Kristol
• Bulgarian: Христо (Hristo)
• Catalan: Cristòfol
• Chinese: 克里斯托弗 (Kèlǐsituofú)
• Cornish: Kitto
• Czech: Kryštof (cs)
• Danish: Christoffer (da)
• Dutch: Christoffel, Kristof(fel)
• Esperanto: Kristoforo (eo)
• Estonian: Kristofer (et)
• Finnish: Risto (fi)
• French: Christophe (fr)
• Galician: Cristovo
• Georgian: ქრისტეფორე
• German: Christoph (de), Christof (de)
• Greek: Χριστόφορος (Christóphoros), Χρήστος (Hrḗstos)
• Hebrew: כריסטופר (Kristofer)
• Hindi: क्रिस्तोफर (Kristophar)
• Hungarian: Kristóf (hu)
• Icelandic: Kristófer (is)

• Irish: Críostóir
• Italian: Cristoforo (it)
• Japanese: クリストファー (Kurisutofā)
• Korean: 크리스토퍼 (keuriseutopeo)
• Latin: Christophorus
• Latvian: Kristaps (lv)
• Lithuanian: Kristupas
• Maltese: Ħamallu
• Marathi: क्रिस्टोफर (mr) (krisṭofara) m
• Middle English: Cristofre
• Norwegian: Kristoffer (no)
• Occitan: Cristòl
• Polish: Krzysztof (pl)
• Portuguese: Cristóvão
• Russian: Кристофер, Христофор (Xristófor)
• Scottish Gaelic: Crìsdean (gd) m
• Sicilian: Cristòfuru
• Slovak: Kryštof (sk)
• Slovene: Krištof
• Spanish: Cristóbal (es)
• Swedish: Kristoffer (sv)
• Tamil: கிரிஸ்டோபர் (Kristopar)
• Thai: คริสโตเฟอร์ (Kristofeur)
• Turkish: Kristof
• Welsh: Cristoffer

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Danish

Proper noun

Christopher

1. A male given name borrowed from English.

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French

Proper noun

Christopher

1. A male given name, borrowed from the English equivalent of Christophe.

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German

Proper noun

Christopher

1. A male given name borrowed from English.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Christopher

1. A male given name borrowed from English.

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Swedish

Proper noun

Christopher

1. A male given name borrowed from English.