Kristoffer
Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Kristoffer
- a male given name, variant of Christoffer
Norwegian edit
Alternative forms edit
- Christopher
- Kristoffer
Proper noun edit
Kristoffer
- a male given name, equivalent to English Christopher
Related terms edit
- (male given names) Chris
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Saint's name of Ancient Greek origin, cognate with English Christopher. First recorded in Sweden as Christopher in 1277.
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Kristoffer c (genitive Kristoffers)
- a male given name
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
- (surnames) Christoffersson, Kristoffersson
References edit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 13 061 males with the given name Kristoffer (compared to 19 424 named Christoffer) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.