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Christer

What does Christer mean?

Christer Pronunciation of Christer as a boys' name is a Latin name, and the meaning of Christer is "follower of Christ". Christer is a version of Christian (Latin): from Latin Christianus.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Chr-, -ter

ASSOCIATED WITH follower (servant)

Variations

VARIANT Krister

RELATED FORMS VIA CHRISTIAN Chrestien, Chris, Christan, Christie, Christo, Christos, Christy, Cristen, Criston, Cristos, Cristy

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Christer Kenji (C.K.), ..

How popular is Christer?

Christer is an unusual first name for males. Christer is an equivalently uncommon surname too for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Prominent related forms of Christer (NOT RANKED) are Christian (#55 IN 2018), Chris (#614), Christie, Christos and Christy. Other variants, like Krister, are seldom used. Usage of these relations of Christer was widespread among parents 22 years ago (AVERAGE #1287) and has become significantly lower since (#1333, 55.4%), with the form Chris falling out of fashion. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Chris, Christian, Christie, Christos, Christy in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Christian outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Alaister, Aleister, Alister, Allister, Aristeo, Carston, Carter, Caster, Chester, Chipper, Chriss, Christiaan, Christiano, Christmas, Christof, Christofer, Christoffer, Christoforo, Christoph, Christophe, Christopher, Chrystian, Coster, Cristian, Cristino, Cristofer, Cristofor (see Cristofer), Cristopher, Forester, Forster, Tristen, Whistler and Wister. These names tend to be more commonly used than Christer.

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