Kris

Where Kris comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kris.

Kris through the years
  1. 1937
    First appearance
    #3,518 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1963
    Peak, #343
    504 babies named Kris, its best rank.
  3. 1971
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  4. 1980
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #589.
  5. 1985
    Kris Allen born
    American musician and singer-songwriter
  6. 1990
    Kris Wu born
    Chinese-born Canadian rapper and convicted sex criminal
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Kris Wu · Chinese-born Canadian rapper and convicted sex criminal, born 1990
  • Kris Allen · American musician and singer-songwriter, born 1985
  • Kris Boyd · Scottish association football player, born 1983
  • Kris Humphries · American basketball player, born 1985
  • Kris Marshall · English actor, born 1973

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.