Cristóbal

loc · Latin script

Meaning: Garza

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Cristóbal is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CLChile≈1 in 702(inferred from the name graph)
  • ECEcuador1 in 1.5K
  • PYParaguay≈1 in 1.8K

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.

Spain (measured from records)

27,239 people

Sources
316 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 702 (inferred from the name graph)

Chile, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Cristobal in US United States, CL Chile, PE Peru and 3 more.

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)

Garza

Sources 1

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cristóbal 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 Cristóbal is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain#20827,2391 in 1.8K29KCristobal166
CL Chile#189≈26,000 est.≈1 in 702930Cristobal155
US United States—11,3291 in 29K11KCristobal316
EC Ecuador#17011,2961 in 1.5K11KCristobal51
PE Peru#436≈9,100 est.≈1 in 3.5K—Cristobal60
PY Paraguay—≈4,000 est.≈1 in 1.8K—Cristóbal28
SV El Salvador#335≈2,900 est.≈1 in 2.2K—Cristobal21

27,239 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INEC — civil registry names. 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)

Cristóbal is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Cristobal, Cristobál, Cristòbal

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Cristobal, Cristòbal

  • Hindi given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Philippines, Peru, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Cristobal, Crístóbál

  • Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, Spain, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Cristobal

  • Russian given name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Russia, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Cristobal, Кристобаль, Kristobal, Крыстобаль, Cristòbal

39 further groups 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Cristóbal de Olid, b. 1487Christoph Clavius, b. 1538Cristóbal de Mendoza, b. 1772Cristóbal Balenciaga, b. 1895Nicolás Guillén, b. 1902Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde, b. 1922Cristóbal Montoro, b. 1950Cristóbal Parralo, b. 1967Curro Torres, b. 1976Cristo Fernández, b. 1991

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Cristóbal
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20123.3K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20113.1K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20102.9K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20092.8K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20152.4K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20132.4K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20082.3K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20042.3K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20162.3K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20142.2K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20072.2K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20011.9K—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Cristóbal mean, and where does it come from?
Garza Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado.
In which country does Cristóbal have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 27 thousand people named Cristóbal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cristobal.
How common is the name Cristóbal?
In Spain, the national register counted 27,239 people named Cristóbal, about 1 in 1.8 thousand residents.
How common is Cristóbal compared with other names?
In Spain, Cristóbal is the 208th most common given name of 135,644 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, “Cristóbal” — the 208th most common given name in Spain. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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