Christmas

Christmas meaning and name origin

Christmas \ch-rist-mas, chr(is)-tmas\ as a girl's name (also used as boy's name Christmas), is of Old English origin. Name of the holiday celebrating the birth of Christ, so named from "Christ" (see Christian) and "mass" meaning "festival". 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, Christna and Christal.

View a list of the 6 names that reference Christmas.

Popularity of Christmas

Christmas is not a popular first name for women but a very popular surname or last name for all people (#4757 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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