Kristof

given name · Latin script

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

Kristof is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Hungary than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Greek Christophoros ‘bearer of Christ’.

rarermore common
  • HUHungary1 in 377(measured from records)
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 1.1K
  • SISlovenia1 in 7.5K

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.

Hungary (measured from records)

25,944 people, 2025

Sources
130 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 377 (inferred from the name graph)

Hungary

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Greek Christophoros ‘bearer of Christ’. See )}Christopher in main dictionary.

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

How Kristof is read(measured from records)

Kristof is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Dutch29%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Kristof in Dutch.

  • German17%

    männl. Vom., (vorwiegend skandina­ vische) Schreibvariante von

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • English17%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Kristof in English.

  • Hungarian15%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Kristof in Hungarian.

  • French8.9%

    Variante de Christophe, du grec Christophoros, « porteur du Christ ».

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kristof 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 Kristof is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HU Hungary#33825,9441 in 37726KKristof130
BE Belgium—≈11,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K12Kristof48
RO Romania—≈570 est.≈1 in 38K—Kristof22
US United States—4421 in 753K614Kristof112
FR France—≈410 est.≈1 in 167K10Kristof2
NA Namibia—≈340 est.≈1 in 7.8K1—2
AT Austria—≈320 est.≈1 in 28K202——
SI Slovenia—2791 in 7.5K290—5

25,944 people counted by Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025), 2025, counting the spelling kristóf. 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: Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates. 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)

Kristof is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Dutch given name17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Belgium, Hungary, Germany, United States

    Languages: Dutch, Hungarian, German

    Also written Kristóf, Krištof, Kristòf, Kristoef, Kristöf

  • Spanish given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Belgium, Spain, United States, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Kristóf, Kristöf, Kristòf, Krištof, Krištóf

  • Polish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States, Belgium, Netherlands

    Also written Kristóf, Krištof

  • Croatian given name39 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Switzerland, Bulgaria

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

    Also written Krištof, Christoph, Christophe, Кристоф, Kristóf

  • Danish given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Belgium, United States, Norway

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Kristóf, Krištof

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Krištóf, Křištof, Krištof, Kristóf

45 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kristof 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.

  • From Greek Christophoros ‘bearer of Christ’. See )}Christopher in main dictionary.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • from the personal name, a vernacular form of Greek Khristophoros (see Christopher).

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

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)

1400160018002000Christoph Frankopan, b. 1482Christopher Báthory, b. 1530Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, b. 1970Kristof Konrad, b. 1975Kristof Magnusson, b. 1976Kristof Vliegen, b. 1982Kristóf Deák, b. 1982Kristof Wilke, b. 1985Kristóf Rasovszky, b. 1997Milák Kristóf, b. 2000

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 60 sources across 28 countries.

Official registers attesting Kristof
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020614#38,781
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010611#36,585
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000585#36,189
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200812#63,620
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199110—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 7

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

Where does the name Kristof come from?
From Greek Christophoros ‘bearer of Christ’. See )}Christopher in main dictionary. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
What does the name Kristof mean?
Recorded meaning: From Greek Christophoros ‘bearer of Christ’.
Is Kristof a male or female name?
Kristof 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 Kristof have the most bearers?
In Hungary, the national register counted about 26 thousand people named Kristof, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kristof.
Where is Kristof most common?
Kristof is densest in Hungary, where the national register counts about 1 in 377 people carrying it.
How common is the name Kristof?
In Hungary, the national register counted 25,944 people named Kristof in 2025, about 1 in 377 residents.
How common is Kristof compared with other names?
In Hungary, Kristof is the 338th most common given name of 18,528 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, “Kristof” — the 338th most common given name in Hungary. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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