Christo
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Bulgarian artist
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Christo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bulgaria than in any other country, where it is the 7th most common given name.
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 2.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 421K
- BGBulgaria1 in 121as Христо
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Christo itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bulgaria (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 240 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)
57,809 named Христо, 2018
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
South Africa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Христо in BG Bulgaria and Hristo in MK North Macedonia.
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)
Bulgarian artist
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Christo 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG Bulgaria | #7 | 57,809as Христо | 1 in 121 | 58K | Христо | 164 |
| ZA South Africa | #635 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Christo | 88 |
| AL Albania | — | 1,435as Kristo | 1 in 2.1K | 1.4K | — | — |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 163K | listed | Christo | 16 |
| US United States | — | 790 | 1 in 421K | 925 | Christo | 240 |
| MK North Macedonia | #521 | 543as Христо | 1 in 3.9K | 543 | Hristo | 6 |
| FI Finland | — | 277as Kristo | 1 in 20K | 882 | — | 5 |
57,809 people counted by NSI — most common given names (population), 2018. 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: NSI — most common given names (population); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); State Statistical Office — living population 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Christo is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Portuguese, Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Cristo.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, dative/ablative singular of christus
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, archaic spelling of Cristo
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hristo Botevb. 1847BGBulgarian poet, journalist and revolutionary (1847–1876)
- Hristo Lukovb. 1888BGBulgarian politician and general (1887-1943)
- Hristo Smirnenskib. 1898BGBulgarian writer (1898–1923)
- Hristo Shopovb. 1964BGBulgarian actor
- Khristo Markovb. 1965BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian triple jumper
- Hristo Stoitchkovb. 1966BGBulgarian footballer (born 1966)
- Christo Grozevb. 1969BGBulgarian investigative journalist
- Hristo Ivanovb. 1974BGBulgarian politician and jurist
- Christo Schiwkowb. 1975BGBulgarian actor (1975-2023)
- Christo Popovb. 2002BGFrench badminton player
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 42 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 723 | #14,793 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 67 | #14,793 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 56 | #4,846 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1971 | 27 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 25 | #16,342 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1973 | 21 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 5 | — |
Reference works 1
- 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 Christo mean, and where does it come from?
- Bulgarian artist Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- Is Christo a male or female name?
- Christo 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 Christo have the most bearers?
- In Bulgaria, the national register counted about 58 thousand people named Христо, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Christo?
- In the United States, the national register counted 790 people named Christo in 2020, about 1 in 421 thousand residents.
- How common is Christo compared with other names?
- In Bulgaria, Christo is the 7th most common given name of 22,906 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/christoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Christo” — the 7th most common given name in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.