Christoffer
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος. The constituent parts are Χριστός (Christós), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (phérein), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer".
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
Meaning & Origin of Christoffer
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος. The constituent parts are Χριστός (Christós), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (phérein), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
The Story of Christoffer
Christoffer first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1968, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1990: 37 births, good for #2,011 nationwide. About 31% of every Christoffer on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Christoffer last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 728 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Christoffer
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Christoffer. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Christoffer
Phonetically similar names — useful when Christoffer is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Kristoffer
- Christopher
- Kristopher
- Cristopher
- Kristofer
- Cristofer
- Christoph
- Christophe
- Kristoff
- Christoff
- Kristof
- Christof
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About the name Christoffer
Christoffer is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 728 births in the dataset. Christoffer's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #2,011. Use the chart and map above to compare Christoffer's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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