Christophe

Where Christophe comes from

Christophe hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1929
    First appearance
    #3,959 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1955
    Peak, #405
    325 babies named Christophe — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1959
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #691.
  4. 1972
    Christophe Dugarry born
    French footballer
  5. 1990
    Christophe Lemaitre born
    French athlete
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Christophe Dugarry · French footballer, born 1972
  • Christophe Lemaitre · French athlete, born 1990
  • Christophe Jallet · French footballer, born 1983
  • Christophe Galtier · French football manager, born 1966
  • Christophe Soglo · Beninese politician, 1909–1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.