Kristofferson
A boys’ name of Scandinavian origin, meaning a form of kristoffer, christ-bearer.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Kristofferson by the numbers
Kristofferson was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kristofferson. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kristofferbearer of Christ; a form of Christopher13 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean Christ
Like Kristofferson, 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 Kristofferson
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