Čhrïst

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Čhrïst is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English Crist, from Old English Crist, from Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “[the] anointed [one]”), a semantic loan of Hebrew.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 61K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 121K
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 394

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)

≈260,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
358 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 394 (inferred from the name graph)

Congo - Kinshasa, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ČhrïstLatin(measured from records)
ΧρηστGreek(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Christ in US United States, PH Philippines, NG Nigeria and 4 more and Χρηστ in GR Greece.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Čhrïst: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Čhrïst
  1. Middle EnglishCrist(measured from records)
  2. Old EnglishCrist(measured from records)
  3. LatinChristus(measured from records)
  4. Ancient GreekΧρῑστόςKhrīstós(measured from records)

From Middle English Crist, from Old English Crist, from Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “[the] anointed [one]”), a semantic loan of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) or the Aramaic equivalent (whence ultimately also English messiah, also via Latin, Greek). Compare grime for the Proto-Indo-European root, *gʰr-ey- (“to rub, smear; to anoint”); further related to ghee.

Sources 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • A Frequency Dictionary of German
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Čhrïst counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Čhrïst is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CD Congo - Kinshasa#133≈260,000 est.≈1 in 394—Christ7
CN China—≈85,000 est.≈1 in 16K—Christ15
NG Nigeria—≈4,000 est.≈1 in 54K—Christ31
US United States—2,7421 in 121K7.3KChrist358
PH Philippines—≈1,800 est.≈1 in 61K—Christ54
GR Greece—≈700 est.≈1 in 15K—Χρηστ6
BE Belgium—≈480 est.≈1 in 25K137Christ43
SG Singapore—≈250 est.≈1 in 25K—Christ14

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Čhrïst is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Christ, Čhrįst, Čhrìst, Çhrïst, Chrîst

  • Finnish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Finland

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Christ

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Čhrïst under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Čhrïst mean, and where does it come from?
From Middle English Crist, from Old English Crist, from Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “[the] anointed [one]”), a semantic loan of Hebrew… Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and A Frequency Dictionary of German and 1 other source.
Is Čhrïst a male or female name?
Čhrïst is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Čhrïst have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 258 thousand people named Čhrïst in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled christ.
How common is the name Čhrïst?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,742 people named Čhrïst in 2020, about 1 in 121 thousand residents.
How common is Čhrïst compared with other names?
In Congo - Kinshasa, Čhrïst is the 133rd most common given name of 20,652 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Čhrïst” — the 133rd most common given name in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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