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Christopher en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • krĭsʹtəfər
  • /ˈkɹɪs.tə.fɚ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkɹɪs.tə.fə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Late Latin Christophorus, from Koine Greek Χρῑστόφορος (Khrīstóphoros, “carrier of Christ”), from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “carrier, bearer”), from φέρειν (phérein, “to carry, to bear”) + -ος (-os, “-er: forming agent nouns”), from the legend of Saint Christopher carrying the infant Jesus across a river.

Meanings

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
    • - - - 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". 1934, Dorothy Sayers, The Nine Tailors:
    • 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? c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act INDUCTION, scene ii]:
    • 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. 2023 February 10, Graeme Wood, “DEI Is an Ideological Test”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2023:
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Deriveds

Saint Christopher and Nevis · Christoph · Christopherson · Saint Christopher · Christie · Christopherian · Topher · Chris · Chrissy

Relateds

Chip · Kit · Kristopher · Kester

Synonyms

Christoph (given name) · Chrissy (given name) · Kit (given name) · Chip (given name) · Topher (given name) · Chris (given name) · Christy (given name)

Translations (98)

de Christoph (a male given name) · pt Cristóvão (a male given name) · mr क्रिस्टोफर (a male given name) · lv Kristaps (a male given name) · sh Kristofor (a male given name) · pl Krzysztof (a male given name) · az Kristofer (a male given name) · cu Христофоръ (a male given name) · br Kristof (a male given name) · ga Críostóir (a male given name) · el Χρήστος (a male given name) · sq Kristóf (a male given name) · bar Christoph (a male given name) · oc Cristòl (a male given name) · es Cristóbal (a male given name) · kn ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಟೋಫರ್ (a male given name) · fi Risto (a male given name) · ar كْرِيسْتُوفَر (a male given name) · it Cristoforo (a male given name) · ja クリストファー (a male given name) · ht Kristòf (a male given name) · nl Kristoffel (a male given name) · co Cristofanu (a male given name) · mg Kristofra (a male given name) · sm Kerisitofā (a male given name) · tr Kristof (a male given name) · mi Karihitopa (a male given name) · hy Քրիստոֆեր (a male given name) · no Kristoffer (a male given name) · gu ક્રિસ્ટોફર (a male given name) · mt Ħamallu (a male given name) · oc Cristòu (a male given name) · frp Crétoublo (a male given name) · tkl Kelihitofā (a male given name) · bg Хри́сто (a male given name) · nl Christoffel (a male given name) · an Cristofo (a male given name) · sk Kryštof (a male given name) · id Kristofer (a male given name) · frp Cristofllo (a male given name) · lij Christoffa (a male given name) · ta கிரிஸ்டோபர் (a male given name) · eo Kristoforo (a male given name) · gl Cristovo (a male given name) · sw Kristofa (a male given name) · bn ক্রিস্টোফার (a male given name) · cy Cristoffer (a male given name) · af Christophorus (a male given name) · lt Kristoforas (a male given name) · is Kristófer (a male given name) · bg Христофор (a male given name) · hu Kristóf (a male given name) · rue Крі́стоф (a male given name) · da Christoffer (a male given name) · mt Kristofru (a male given name) · oc Cristòfa (a male given name) · hu Krisztofer (a male given name) · enm Cristofre (a male given name) · ru Кри́стофер (a male given name) · cs Kryštof (a male given name) · sh Krsto (a male given name) · et Kristofer (a male given name) · br Kristol (a male given name) · ka ქრისტეფორე (a male given name) · hy Կրիսդապոր (a male given name) · ko 크리스토퍼 (a male given name) · scn Cristòfuru (a male given name) · cmn 克里斯托弗 (a male given name) · af Christoffel (a male given name) · lv Kristofers (a male given name) · el Χριστόφορος (a male given name) · sv Kristoffer (a male given name) · oc Cristofòri (a male given name) · th คริสโตเฟอร์ (a male given name) · la Christophorus (a male given name) · gd Crìsdean (a male given name) · sl Krištof (a male given name) · ms Kristofer (a male given name) · sq Kristofór (a male given name) · ru Христофо́р (a male given name) · izh Kristafora (a male given name) · ca Cristòfol (a male given name) · fr Christophe (a male given name) · fo Kristoffur (a male given name) · to Kulisitofā (a male given name) · sq Krísto (a male given name) · gd Gillechrìost (a male given name) · kw Kitto (a male given name) · hi क्रिस्टोफ़र (a male given name) · lt Kristupas (a male given name) · eu Kristobal (a male given name) · he כְּרִיסְטוֹפֶר (a male given name) · tl Kristobal (a male given name) · nl Kristof (a male given name) · mk Кристофер (a male given name) · gd Gille Chrìost (a male given name) · haw Kilikopela (a male given name) · fi Kristoferi (a male given name)