Kristopher

Where Kristopher comes from

The dictionaries list Kristopher as a given name — a male given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage, a rare spelling variant of Christopher — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
Along the way
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #3,370 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1970
    Kristopher Schau born
    Norwegian musician and comedian
  3. 1978
    Peak, #104
    2,525 babies named Kristopher — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1980
    Kristopher Turner born
    Canadian actor
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #244.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage, a rare spelling variant of Christopher.
Namesakes
  • Kristopher Turner · Canadian actor, born 1980
  • Kristopher Schau · Norwegian musician and comedian, born 1970
  • Kristopher Vida · Hungarian association football player, born 1995
  • Kristopher Van Varenberg · American actor, born 1987
  • Kristopher Gilchrist · British swimmer, born 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.