Christopher

English Etymology From en la-lat Christophorus, from en grc-koi Χρῑστόφορος carrier of Christ, from en grc Χριστός Christ + grc φόρος carrier, bearer, from grc φέρω φέρειν to carry, to bear + grc -ος -er: forming agent nouns, from the legend of Saint Christopher carrying the infant Jesus across a river. Pronunciation krĭsʹtəfər en /ˈkɹɪs.tə.fɚ/ GA en /ˈkɹɪs.tə.fə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Christopher.wav Southern England en Chris to pher Proper noun en male Ancient Greek. Induction 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? en 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". en w:The Atlantic DEI Is an Ideological Test Graeme Wood 2023-02-10 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/christopher-rufo-manhattan-institute/673008/ A similar impulse sometimes accompanies my reading of the work of Christopher F. Rufo, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and one of the most gifted conservative polemicists of his generation. https://web.archive.org/web/20251008071441/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/christopher-rufo-manhattan-institute/673008/ 8 October 2025 en patronymics. Synonyms given name en Chip, en Chris, en Chrissy, en Christoph, en Christy, en Kit, en Topher Derived terms en Chris Chrissy Christie Christoph Christopherian Christopherson Christopher Robin Saint Christopher Saint Christopher and Nevis Topher Related terms en Chip Kester Kit Kristopher Translations a male given name Afrikaans: af Christoffel, af Christophorus Albanian: sq Kristofór m, sq Kristóf m, sq Krísto m Arabic: ar كْرِيسْتُوفَر kristūfar Aragonese: an Cristofo Armenian: hy Կրիսդապոր, hy Քրիստոֆեր Azerbaijani: az Kristofer Basque: eu Kristobal Bengali: bn ক্রিস্টোফার Breton: br Kristof, br Kristol Bulgarian: bg Хри́сто m, bg Христофор m Carpathian Rusyn: rue Крі́стоф m Catalan: ca Cristòfol Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 克里斯托弗 Kèlǐsituofú Cornish: kw Kitto Corsican: co Cristofanu Czech: cs Kryštof m Danish: da Christoffer Dutch: nl Christoffel, nl Kristof, nl Kristoffel Esperanto: eo Kristoforo Estonian: et Kristofer Faroese: fo Kristoffur m Finnish: fi Risto, fi Kristoferi Franco-Provençal: frp Cristofllo, frp Crétoublo French: fr Christophe m Galician: gl Cristovo Georgian: ka ქრისტეფორე German: de Christoph m Bavarian: bar Christoph Greek: el Χριστόφορος m, el Χρήστος m Gujarati: gu ક્રિસ્ટોફર Haitian Creole: ht Kristòf Hawaiian: haw Kilikopela Hebrew: he כְּרִיסְטוֹפֶר krístofer Hindi: hi क्रिस्टोफ़र m Hungarian: hu Kristóf, hu Krisztofer Icelandic: is Kristófer Indonesian: id Kristofer Ingrian: izh Kristafora Irish: ga Críostóir Italian: it Cristoforo Japanese: ja クリストファー Kurisutofā Kannada: kn ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಟೋಫರ್ Korean: ko 크리스토퍼 Latin: la Christophorus Latvian: lv Kristofers, lv Kristaps Ligurian: lij Christoffa Lithuanian: lt Kristoforas, lt Kristupas Macedonian: mk Кристофер Malagasy: mg Kristofra Malay: ms Kristofer Maltese: mt Kristofru, mt Ħamallu Māori: mi Karihitopa Marathi: mr क्रिस्टोफर m Middle English: enm Cristofre Norwegian: no Kristoffer Occitan: oc Cristòl, oc Cristòu m, oc Cristofòri m, oc Cristòfa m Old Church Slavonic: cu Христофоръ m Polish: pl Krzysztof m Portuguese: pt Cristóvão Russian: ru Христофо́р m, ru Кри́стофер m transliteration Samoan: sm Kerisitofā Scottish Gaelic: gd Crìsdean m, gd Gillechrìost m, gd Gille Chrìost m Serbo-Croatian: sh Kristofor, sh Krsto Sicilian: scn Cristòfuru Slovak: sk Kryštof m Slovene: sl Krištof m Spanish: es Cristóbal m Swahili: sw Kristofa Swedish: sv Kristoffer Tagalog: tl Kristobal Tamil: ta கிரிஸ்டோபர் Thai: th คริสโตเฟอร์ Tokelauan: tkl Kelihitofā Tongan: to Kulisitofā Turkish: tr Kristof Welsh: cy Cristoffer References Cebuano Etymology ceb :der en:Christopher<ety:uder<grc:Χριστόφορος<t:Christ-bearing>>> 2 1 Proper noun ceb noun ceb male English < Ancient Greek Danish Etymology English style spelling variant of the standard Danish da Christoffer. Proper noun da male French Etymology fr en Christopher, as a variant of the standard French fr Christophe. Pronunciation [e:è] fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Christopher.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Christopher.wav France Proper noun m fr male German Etymology From de en Christopher, as a variant of the standard German de Christoph. Pronunciation de De-Christopher.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun m de male English Norwegian Etymology English style spelling variant of the standard Norwegian no Kristoffer. Proper noun no male English Portuguese Alternative forms pt Cristopher Etymology pt :ubor en:Christopher + 1 Cristóvão,Cristóforo Pronunciation Crístofer Proper noun m pt male English Swedish Etymology English style spelling variant of the standard Swedish sv Kristoffer. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Christopher.wav Proper noun c sv male English