Kris
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning bearing christ; short for Kristina or Christian.
Kris by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Kris. In the US, 89 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 978 babies in 1965, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Christian
Like Kris, each of these traces back to Christian: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Christinafollower of christ; a feminine form of Christian770 in the US (2017)
- Khristianfollower of christ; a form of Christian103 in the US (2017)
- Karstenfollower of christ; a form of Christian62 in the US (2017)
- Carstenfollower of Christ; a form of Christian42 in the US (2017)
- Cristhianfollower of Christ; a variant of Christian39 in the US (2017)
- Krystianfollower of Christ; a form of Christian36 in the US (2017)
- Christianoa form of Christian meaning follower of Christ34 in the US (2017)
- Christanfollower of Christ; variant of Christian24 in the US (2017)
Other names that come from Kristina
Like Kris, each of these traces back to Kristina: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kris. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kris
Names that are said the same way as Kris, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean Christ
Like Kris, 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)
- Kristianfollower of Christ; form of Christian383 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kris
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