Christmas - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Christmas \ch-rist-mas, chr(is)-tmas\ is of Old English origin. Name of the holiday, used occasionally for December 25 babies, but now more usually replaced by the French form, Noel. See also Natalie.

Baby names that sound like Christmas are Christmar, Christa, Christan and Christal.

Christmas is a very rare female first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Christmas. Click here to compare Christmas with related baby names.