Christos

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Χριστος in CY Cyprus, Христос in RU Russia, Hristos in BG Bulgaria and Χρήστος in KG Kyrgyzstan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Christos is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name1.9K records spelled Christos6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Netherlands

  Also written Chrístos, Chri̲stos, Chrī́stos, Chrīstos, Çhristos

• Hebrew given name92 records spelled Christos3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Cyprus, Israel, United States, Greece

  Also written כריסטוס, Christus

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Christos is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom. griechischer Herkunft,

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Latin, accusative plural of christus

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 103 years between 1915–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Christos Sartzetakisb. 1929GRPresident of Greece from 1985 to 1990
• Costas Azariadisb. 1943USnot in their usual nameGreek-American economist
• Christos Papadimitrioub. 1949GRGreek computer scientist (b. 1949)
• Christos Stergiogloub. 1952GRGreek actor
• Christos Stylianidesb. 1958CYGreek Cypriot politician
• Christos Dantisb. 1966GRGreek musician
• Christos Staïkourasb. 1973GRGreek politician
• Christos Gageb. 1977USGreek-American writer and screenwriter
• Christos Patsatzogloub. 1979GRGreek footballer
• Christos Tzolisb. 2002GRGreek footballer (born 2002)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 375 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Christos?

We estimate roughly 22 thousand people bear Christos (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Christos have the most bearers?

Christos is most frequently recorded in Greece, where it is most often spelled christos.

Where is Christos most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Christos is densest in Cyprus — about 1 in 78 people — even though Greece holds more of our records for it.

How common is Christos compared with other names?

In Greece, Christos is the 50th most common given name of 23,464 given names recorded there.

Is Christos a male or female name?

Christos is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Christos mean?

Recorded meaning: Christos är en grekisk kortform av Christophoros (→ Christoffer).