Christos
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Christos is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cyprus than in any other country, where it is the 19th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Christos är en grekisk kortform av Christophoros (→ Christoffer).
- GRGreece≈1 in 783(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 12K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 38K
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 Christos 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.
- Cyprus (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 295 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 783 (inferred from the name graph)
16,236 named Χριστος, 2011
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Greece, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Χρηστος 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)
Christos är en grekisk kortform av Christophoros (→ Christoffer).
Sources 1
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Christos 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CY Cyprus | #19 | 16,236as Χριστος | 1 in 78 | 16K | Christos | 121 |
| GR Greece | #33 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 783 | 984 | Χρηστος | 220 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈6,500 est. | ≈1 in 12K | listed | Christos | 153 |
| US United States | — | 3,595 | 1 in 93K | 3.6K | Christos | 295 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 38K | listed | Christos | 132 |
| SE Sweden | — | 851 | 1 in 12K | 851 | Christos | 48 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Christos | 41 |
16,236 people counted by CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census), 2011, counting the spelling χριστος. 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: Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)
Christos is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, männl. Vom. griechischer Herkunft,
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Latin, accusative plural of christus
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)
- Christos Sartzetakisb. 1929GRPresident of Greece from 1985 to 1990
- Costas Azariadisb. 1943USnot in their usual nameGreek-American economist
- Christos Papadimitrioub. 1949GRGreek computer scientist (b. 1949)
- Christos Stergiogloub. 1952GRGreek actor
- Christos Stylianidesb. 1958CYGreek Cypriot politician
- Christos Dantisb. 1966GRGreek musician
- Christos Staïkourasb. 1973GRGreek politician
- Christos Gageb. 1977USGreek-American writer and screenwriter
- Christos Patsatzogloub. 1979GRGreek footballer
- Christos Tzolisb. 2002GRGreek footballer (born 2002)
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 56 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 351 | #57,914 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 341 | #63,263 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 340 | #56,246 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- In which country does Christos have the most bearers?
- In Cyprus, the national register counted about 16 thousand people named Χριστος, more than in any other country we hold.
- What does the name Christos mean?
- Recorded meaning: Christos är en grekisk kortform av Christophoros (→ Christoffer).
- Is Christos a male or female name?
- Christos 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.
- How common is the name Christos?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,595 people named Christos in 2020, about 1 in 93 thousand residents.
- How common is Christos compared with other names?
- In Cyprus, Christos is the 19th most common given name of 8,840 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/christosThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Christos” — the 19th most common given name in Cyprus. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.