Kristoffer

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 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◐

Kristoffer is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name14K records spelled Kristoffer8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Brazil, Norway

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

  Also written Kristôffer, Kristöffer

43 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●

Kristoffer is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom., (vorwiegend skandi­ navische) Schreibvariante von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 80 years between 1945–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Kris Kristoffersonb. 1936USnot in their usual nameAmerican country singer, songwriter and actor (1936-2024)
• Kristoffer Taborib. 1952USAmerican actor and director
• Kristoffer Jonerb. 1972NONorwegian actor
• Kristoffer Polahab. 1977USAmerican actor
• Kristoffer Borglib. 1985NONorwegian director
• Kristoffer Nordfeldtb. 1989SESwedish association football player
• Kristoffer Petersonb. 1994SESwedish footballer
• Emil Krafthb. 1994SEnot in their usual nameSwedish association football player
• Kristoffer Olssonb. 1995SESwedish footballer
• Kristoffer Ajerb. 1998NONorwegian association football player (born 1998)

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 · 438 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Kristoffer?

We estimate roughly 33 thousand people bear Kristoffer (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Kristoffer have the most bearers?

We estimate about 14 thousand people bear Kristoffer in Sweden, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled kristoffer.

Where is Kristoffer most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kristoffer is densest in Norway — about 1 in 538 people — even though Sweden holds more of our records for it.

How common is Kristoffer compared with other names?

In Sweden, Kristoffer is the 200th most common given name of 36,824 given names recorded there.

Is Kristoffer a male or female name?

Kristoffer 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 Kristoffer mean?

Recorded meaning: Scandinavian: 'bearing Christ'; patron saint of travellers