Meaning of name Chris

and the Origins of this baby name

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Meaning

The name Chris has the following meaning:

A follower of Christ. "Annointed".

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

Popularity

See worldwide popularity rankings of Chris as a baby name (outside USA)

As a baby boy name, Chris is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 387 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Chris fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 11 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 358 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Chris in the USA, over the past 100 years.

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Origins

The name Chris is very likely a(n) Greek variant of the name Christian. See other suggested Greek baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Christian.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Chris and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Chris: Boys - Dardo, Deacon, Hector, Telly, Girls - Dariana, Delphine, Electa, Karon, Minta, Parthenia, Both genders - Agnes, Alpha, Andra, Andrew, Angel, Barbara

Variants

The name Chris is a variant of Christian. Other popular variants of the name Christian are: Carsten (German), Chrestien (French), Chretien (French), Chris, Christan, Christer, Christiaan (Dutch), Christiano (Greek), Christiansen (Danish), Christie, Christien, Christino, Christion (Greek), Christo, Christos (Greek), Christy, Chrystian, Cretien (French), Cristen, Cristiaan (Dutch), Cristian (Romanian), Cristiano (Spanish), Cristino, Criston, Cristos, Cristy, Crystian, Karsten (German), Kerstan (Dutch), Khrestien, Khretien, Khris, Khristan, Khrister, Khristiaan, Khristiano, Khristiansen, Khristie, Khristien, Khristino, Khristion, Khristo, Khristos, Khristy, Khrystian, Kit, Kretien, Kris, Krischan (German), Krist (Swedish), Kristen, Krister (Greek), Kristiaan, Kristian (Scandinavian), Kristiano, Kristino, Kristo, Kriston, Kristos, Kristy, Krystian, Krystiano

Style

We think the name Chris should fall under the following style category: Ending with N.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Chris to be: A faithful and strong person

In one word, you might describe Chris as a(n) "faithful" person.

See other "faithful" names for boys and girls.