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 [ syll. kris-top-her, kr-istoph-er ] The boy name Kristopher is pronounced KRIHSTahF-er KEY. Kristopher's origin is Old Greek, and its use, English. Kristopher is a spelling variant of Christopher (English). Kris (English, German, and Scandinavian short form) is a variant of the name. Kristopher is a fairly popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity grew from the 1950s up to the 1970s; before that, it was of only sporadic use. At the modest height of its usage in 1978, 0.148% of baby boys were named Kristopher. Its ranking then was #104. The baby name has since dropped in popularity. In 2008, it ranked at #425 with a usage of 0.032%. Within the group of boy names directly related to Kristopher, Christopher (English) was the most frequently used. Its use outnumbered Kristopher's by 26 times in 2008. Baby names that sound like Kristopher include Kristoffer (Scandinavian), Christoffer (English and Scandinavian), Christopher (English), Cristopher (English), Kristofer (English and Scandinavian), Kristofor (Scandinavian), Christofer (Czech, English, and Russian), Christoper (English), Cristofor (Romanian), Christoforo (Italian), and Cristoforo (Italian). KEY: approx pronunciation for Kristopher: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"   |
