Christopher

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Χριστόφορος (Khristóphoros, “Christ-bearing”). The meaning of the name suggested the legend of St. Christopher carrying the Christ child across water.

Pronunciation

• enPR: krĭsʹtəfər, IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪs.tə.fə(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: Chris‧to‧pher

Proper noun

Christopher

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 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 transferred from the given name

Related terms

• diminutives: Chris, Christie, Chip, Kit
• variants: Kester, Kristopher
• feminine forms: Christine

Translations

a male given name

• Afrikaans: Christoffel, Christophorus
• Albanian: Kristofer, Kristofor, Kristoforid, Kristo
• Arabic: كْرِيسْتُوفَر (kristūfar)
• Aragonese: Cristofo
• Armenian: Կրիսդապոր (Krisdapor)
• Azerbaijani: Kristofer
• Basque: Kristobal
• Bengali: ক্রিস্টোফার (krisṭōphar)
• Breton: Kristof (br), Kristol
• Bulgarian: Хри́сто m (Hrísto)
• Catalan: Cristòfol (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克里斯托弗 (zh) (Kèlǐsituofú)

• Cornish: Kitto
• Corsican: Cristofanu
• Czech: Kryštof (cs) m
• Danish: Christoffer
• Dutch: Christoffel (nl), Kristof (nl), Kristoffel
• Esperanto: Kristoforo
• Estonian: Kristofer
• Faroese: Kristoffur m
• Finnish: Risto (fi)
• French: Christophe (fr) m
• Galician: Cristovo (gl)
• Georgian: ქრისტეფორე (krisṭepore)
• German: Christoph (de) m, Christof m
• Greek: Χριστόφορος (el) m (Christóforos), Χρήστος (el) m (Chrístos)
• Gujarati: ક્રિસ્ટોફર (krisṭophar)
• Haitian Creole: Kristòf
• Hebrew: כְּרִיסְטוֹפֶר (krístofer)
• Hindi: क्रिस्तोफर (kristophar)
• Hungarian: Kristóf (hu)
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• Icelandic: Kristófer (is)
• Irish: Críostóir
• Italian: Cristoforo (it)
• Japanese: クリストファー (Kurisutofā)
• Kannada: ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಟೋಫರ್ (krisṭōphar)
• Korean: 크리스토퍼 (keuriseutopeo)
• Latin: Christophorus
• Latvian: Kristaps
• Ligurian: Christoffa
• Lithuanian: Kristupas
• Macedonian: Кристофер (Kristofer)
• Maltese: Ħamallu
• Maori: Kiritopa
• Marathi: क्रिस्टोफर m (krisṭophar)
• Middle English: Cristofre
• Norwegian: Kristoffer (no)
• Occitan: Cristòl, Cristòu m
• Polish: Krzysztof (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cristóvão (pt)
• Russian: Христофо́р (ru) m (Xristofór), Кри́стофер (ru) m (Krístofer) (transliteration)
• Rusyn: Крі́стоф m (Krístof)
• Scottish Gaelic: Crìsdean m
• Serbo-Croatian: Kristofor
• Sicilian: Cristòfuru
• Slovak: Kryštof m
• Slovene: Krištof m
• Spanish: Cristóbal (es) m
• Swedish: Kristoffer (sv)
• Tamil: கிரிஸ்டோபர் (kirisṭōpar)
• Thai: คริสโตเฟอร์ (krít-dtoh-fer)
• Turkish: Kristof
• Welsh: Cristoffer

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Christopher, from Ancient Greek Χριστόφορος (Khristóphoros, “Christ-bearing”).

Proper noun

Christopher

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek

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Danish

Etymology

English style spelling variant of the standard Danish Christoffer.

Proper noun

Christopher

1. a male given name.

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English Christopher, as a variant of the standard French Christophe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁis.tɔ.fɛʁ/

Proper noun

Christopher ?

1. a male given name.

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English Christopher, as a variant of the standard German Christoph.

Proper noun

Christopher m (proper noun, strong, genitive Christophers)

1. a male given name from English.

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Norwegian

Etymology

English style spelling variant of the standard Norwegian Kristoffer.

Proper noun

Christopher

1. a male given name from English.

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Swedish

Etymology

English style spelling variant of the standard Swedish Kristoffer.

Proper noun

Christopher c (genitive Christophers)

1. a male given name from English.