Cristobal

Where Cristobal comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Cristóbal.
— Wiktionary's entry for Cristobal
  • Spanish
Along the way
  1. 1908
    First appearance
    #1,021 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Cristobal Tapia de Veer born
    score composer
  3. 1975
    Cristobal Huet born
    French ice hockey player
  4. 2001
    Peak, #708
    249 babies named Cristobal — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,582.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Spanish, an anglicized spelling of Spanish Cristóbal.
Namesakes
  • Cristobal Huet · French ice hockey player, born 1975
  • Cristobal Tapia de Veer · score composer, born 1973
  • Cristobal Aburto · Olympic judoka, born 1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.