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Danish
Proper noun
Kristoffer
- a male given name, variant of Christoffer
Norwegian
Proper noun
Kristoffer
- a male given name, equivalent to English Christopher
Swedish
Etymology
Saint's name of Ancient Greek origin, cognate with English Christopher. First recorded in Sweden as Christopher in 1277.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kristoffer c (genitive Kristoffers)
- a male given name
Synonyms
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 13 061 males with the given name Kristoffer (compared to 19 424 named Christoffer) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.