Cristo
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning the christ; from christus.
Babies a year
26
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Cristo by the numbers
Cristo was given to 26 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 70 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cristo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Cristyfollower of christ; a form of Christina17 in the US (2017)
- Christobearing christ; a form of Christopher3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cristfollower of Christ or variant of Crispin10 in the US (2017)
- Criston5 in the US (2017)
- Christanointed one32 in the US (2017)
- Christosanointed one; form of Christ20 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean Christ
Like Cristo, each of these has Christ in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christopherbearer of Christ8,255 in the US (2017)
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- Karsonfollower of Christ; a modern respelling of Karsten1,320 in the US (2017)
- Cristianfollower of christ; christian1,181 in the US (2017)
- Chrisbearer of Christ; short form of Christopher459 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Cristo
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