Kristofer

Where Kristofer comes from

Kristofer hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1945
    First appearance
    #3,338 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Kristofer Hivju born
    Norwegian actor
  3. 1978
    Peak, #421
    349 babies named Kristofer — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1983
    Kristofer Hæstad born
    Norwegian association football player
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #926.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Kristofer Hivju · Norwegian actor, born 1978
  • Kristofer Hæstad · Norwegian association football player, born 1983
  • Kristofer Janson · Norwegian writer, 1841–1917
  • Kristofer Uppdal · Norwegian writer, 1878–1961
  • Kristofer Schipper · Dutch sinologist, 1934–2021

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.