Boy · Greek
Christos
Say it: KREES-tos
Meaning
From Greek christos 'anointed'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A common modern Greek name.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1970s
In the United States
- 2,736 babies given this name since 1915
- At its height in 1979, about 1 in 26,100 boys
- 35 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Christakis
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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