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Boy · English short form of Greek names
Chris
Say it: KRIS
Meaning
A short form of Christopher (Greek 'bearer of Christ') or Christian.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Given as a full name in the US since the 1880s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States
- 168,392 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1961, about 1 in 295 boys
- 387 babies in 2020
Through the ages
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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