Christipher
Masculine · “A spelling of Christopher”
Christipher is Christopher with an i in the middle, a spelling that turns up in the American record in the years when Christopher was one of the commonest boys' names. The name has been carried by the boy in Winnie-the-Pooh and by the architect who rebuilt London.
How old is the name Christipher?
Christipher first appears in US birth records in 1966 — 59 years ago. The typical Christipher alive today was born around 1985, making them about 40 years old. About 600 people named Christipher are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Christipher most popular?
Christipher peaked in 1987, reaching #1829 nationally. See the whole 1987 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Christophoros to Christipher
The story of Christipher
After the Great Fire of 1666 Christopher Wren designed fifty-one London churches and the new St Paul's Cathedral, and he is buried in its crypt under a plain stone whose Latin inscription tells visitors that if they seek his monument, they should look around. Christopher Robin Milne, the real boy in his father's Winnie-the-Pooh stories, found the fame a burden at school and later ran a bookshop in Dartmouth, writing about how hard it had been to be Christopher Robin. Christipher is one of the spellings American families wrote down in the years when Christopher was everywhere.
Meaning
A spelling of Christopher, 'Christ-bearer'
From Greek Christophoros, 'bearing Christ'. Christipher changes one unstressed vowel.
How the name formed
- Christophoros
- Christopher
- Christipher
Related forms: Christopher · Cristóbal · Cristoforo · Christoph
Pronouncing Christipher
KRIS-tuh-fer
Said exactly like Christopher.
Nicknames for Christipher
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1966
- Most boys named
- 198735 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1829reached in 1987
- Change vs 2008
- +16.7%7 in 2009, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Christipher in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Christopher in English — spelling variant
- Cristóbal in Spanish — same name
- Cristoforo in Italian — same name
- Christoph in German — same name
Christiphers among us
people named Christipher are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Christipher sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds exactly like Christopher, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Chris as a ready short form.
- A settled meaning.
- Almost everyone will read it as a misspelling of Christopher.
- Forms and spell-checkers will 'correct' it.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Christiphers are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Christipher are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Christipher in 2025?
- Christipher is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Christipher with classmates?
- Christipher will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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