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Kristoffer

Gender
Boy
Say it
KRIS-tuh-fer
Origin
Greek
US rank, 2025
#6,799 for boys

Kristoffer is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “bearing Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).

What does Kristoffer mean?

Greek: Scandinavian form of Christopher

“bearing Christ”

The usual Norwegian, Danish and Swedish form of Christopher, from Greek Khristophoros, Christ-bearer.

Is Kristoffer a girl's or a boy's name?

Kristoffer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kristoffer in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 11 boys.

Half of all the boys named Kristoffer in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 11 in 19972016
Kristoffer in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20161#6,416
20156#3,149
20140–
20132#6,127
20122#6,266
20110–
20100–
20093#4,691
20081#5,936
20075#3,231
20063#4,204
20055#2,885
20042#4,818
20035#2,574
20023#3,325
20014#2,714
20007#1,775
19994#2,513
199811#1,259
199711#1,241
19968#1,506

How popular is Kristoffer in the US?

Rank in 2025
6,799th among boys
Babies in 2025
12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 34% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Kristoffer, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 305 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.

Half of all the boys named Kristoffer in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 50 boys in the US were given Kristoffer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,210, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.

1967Busiest: 305 in 19782025
Kristoffer in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202512#6,799
202410#7,760
20237#9,757
20226#10,855
202112#6,693
202016#5,447
201910#7,638
201818#5,102
201713#6,334
201621#4,623
201519#4,888
201416#5,481
201322#4,311
201226#3,891
201132#3,363
201030#3,530
200930#3,549
200844#2,752
200742#2,810
200627#3,684
200537#2,842
200443#2,527
200337#2,670
200248#2,191
200134#2,737
200052#1,964
199948#1,992
199853#1,846
199754#1,770
199669#1,462
199577#1,333
199474#1,349
199389#1,181
199283#1,233
1991114#1,002
1990111#996
1989102#1,013
1988107#923
198799#948
198697#924
1985119#818
1984115#815
1983127#772
1982142#729
1981161#682
1980142#737
1979139#733
1978305#457
1977223#561
197687#890
1975109#796
1974156#645
1973112#756
197277#911
197142#1,289
197025#1,742
19696#3,934
19687#3,364
19675#3,964

Nicknames for Kristoffer

Names like Kristoffer

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Christopher, Alexander, Joshua, Jason, Nicholas, Adam, Luke, Benjamin, Tyler, Samuel, Spencer, Alex

Other spellings of Kristoffer

Kristofer, Chistopher

Names related to Kristoffer

Kristopher, Cristofer, Christofer, Christoffer, Krystofer

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie

Every Greek name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Kristoffer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kristoffer, updated 20 October 2026.