Christopher

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Christopher is a male name . Occasionally it is also used as a family name .

Origin and meaning

Christopher is a short form of Christopherus and a German variant of the originally ancient Greek first name Christophorus with the literal meaning "Christ bearer". It originated in the German-speaking area in the 10th century and also became popular in the English-speaking area, where it has developed into the most popular variant of the name. Another abbreviation of the name resulted in the now much more common first name Christoph in German-speaking countries .

Other variants of the given name Christopher that can be found are Christofer, Cristofer, Christoffer , Cristopher, Kristofer and Kristopher .

Name bearer

Male first name

stage name

First name

Female first name

family name

Others

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilfried Seibicke: Historical German first name book . tape 1 . De Gruyter, Berlin 1996, ISBN 978-3-11-014445-1 , p. 408-410, 715 and 1998 .