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Complete Definition of "Christopher"

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English

Etymology
Gr. χριστοφόρος or 'Christ-bearing'. The meaning of the name suggested the legend of St. Christopher carrying the Christ child across water.

Pronunciation
UK (w:Received Pronunciation|RP): IPA|/ˈkɹɪs.tə.fə/
US: IPA|/ˈkɹɪs.tə.fɚ/

Proper noun
en-proper noun

  1. given name|male|from Greek|.

Translations
trans-top|a male given name
Arabic: ARchar|كريستوفر (Kristoofer)
Aragonese: Cristofo
Armenian: Կրիսդապոր (Krisdapor)
Basque: Kristobal
Bengali: ক্রিস্টোফার
Breton: Kristof, Kristol
Bulgarian: Христо (Hristo)
Catalan: Cristòfol
Chinese: 克里斯托弗 (Kèlǐsituofú)
Cornish: Kitto
Czech: Kryštof
Danish: Christoffer
Dutch: Christoffel, Kristof(Kristoffel|fel)
Finnish: Risto
French: Christophe
Galician: Cristovo
Georgian: ქრისტეფორე
German: Christoph, Christof
Greek: Χριστόφορος (Christóphoros), Χρήστος (Hrḗstos)
Hebrew: כריסטופר (Kristofer)
Hindi: क्रिस्तोफर (Kristophar)
Hungarian: Kristóf
Icelandic: Kristófer
Irish: Críostóir
Italian: Cristoforo
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Japanese: クリストファー (Kurisutofā)
Korean: 크리스토퍼 (keuriseutopeo)
Latin: Christophorus
Latvian: Kristaps
Lithuanian: Kristupas
Maltese: Ħamallu
Middle English: Cristofre
Norwegian: Kristoffer
Occitan: Cristòl
Polish: Krzysztof
Portuguese: Cristóvão
Russian: Христофор (Xristófor)
Scottish Gaelic: Gillecrìosd
Sicilian: Cristòfuru
Slovak: Kryštof
Slovene: Krištof
Spanish: Cristóbal
Swedish: Kristoffer
Tamil: கிரிஸ்டோபர் (Kristopar)
Thai: THchar|คริสโตเฟอร์ (Kristofeur)
Turkish: Kristof
Welsh: Cristoffer
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Danish

Proper noun
Christopher

  1. given name|male||da: borrowed from English.

German

Proper noun
Christopher

  1. given name|male||de: borrowed from English.

Norwegian

Proper noun
Christopher

  1. given name|male||no: borrowed from English.

Swedish

Proper noun
Christopher

  1. given name|male||sv: borrowed from English.

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Revision and Credits for"Christopher"
  • 2007-10-12 06:00 - Connel MacKenzie - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/203.10.224.61|203.10.224.61]] ([[User_talk:203.10.224.61|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:AutoFormat|AutoFormat]]

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