Kristofer is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 33 boys in the United States.
Kristofer belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Kristofer first appears in Social Security records in 1945. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #422 in 1978, and in 2024 33 babies received the name — 9,761 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Kristofer is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Scandinavian origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Kristofer is a boy name. In 2024, 33 babies received the name in the US.
Kristofer comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Kristofer first appears in US records in 1945. Its best-ever ranking was #422 in 1978, and 33 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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