Kristofer

Where Kristofer comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kristofer.

Kristofer through the years
  1. 1945
    First appearance
    #3,338 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Kristofer Hivju born
    Norwegian actor
  3. 1978
    Peak, #421
    349 babies named Kristofer, the most in any year.
  4. 1983
    Kristofer Hæstad born
    Norwegian association football player
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #926.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Kristofer Hivju · Norwegian actor, born 1978
  • Kristofer Hæstad · Norwegian association football player, born 1983
  • Kristofer Janson · Norwegian writer, 1841–1917
  • Kristofer Uppdal · Norwegian writer, 1878–1961
  • Kristofer Schipper · Dutch sinologist, 1934–2021

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.