Christ

Used in: 2 countries

Origin: English

From Middle English Crist, from Old English Crist, from Latin Chrīst(us), from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “[the] anointed [one]”), a semantic loan of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) or the Aramaic equivalent (whence ultimately also English messiah, also via Latin, Greek). Compare grime for the Proto-Indo-European root, *gʰr-ey- (“to rub, smear; to anoint”); further related to ghee.

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Christa Derived from Christ
Christe Derived from Christ
Christo Derived from Christ
Christi Derived from Christ
Christy Derived from Christ
Christl Derived from Christ
Christen Derived from Christ
Christel Derived from Christ
Chris Root name
Abel English origin

Popularity by Country

Christ

Rank #3087

INSEE Death Records 1970-2024 ↗

Christ

Rank #4644

Frequency 6,985 people (2.59 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 95.19% Hispanic 1.33% Black 1.32% Asian/PI 0.63% Native Am. 0.33% Two+ 1.2%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

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