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What does Christmas mean?
Christmas 
as a girls' name (also used as boys' 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.
STARTS WITH Chris-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english
Variations
RELATIONS VIA CHRISTIAN, NATALIE, NOEL Christiaan, Christiana, Christiane, Christina▼, Chrystian, Cristian, Khristian
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Christmas Janice (C.J.), ..
How popular is Christmas?
Christmas is a rare first name for females but a very popular surname for both adults and children (#6082 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Christmas (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) are Natalie (#39 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Christina (#439), Noel (#1232), Christiana (#1387), Christian, Christiane and Cristian. These forms of Christmas reached the apex of their popularity in the 1980s (ADOPTION OF 1.2%) and are now significantly less popular (ADOPTION 0.4%, DOWN 70.1%), with versions such as Christina falling out of fashion. Natalie has been the overall favorite, although Noel appears to be getting popular too. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Carisma, Charisma▼, Charista, Chrissa, Chrissti, Chrisstie (see Christina), Chrisstine, Christa▼, Christabel, Christable, Christain, Christal▼, Christalin, Christall, Christalle, Christalyn, Christan, Christana, Christanna, Christanne, Christeen, Christel, Christele, Christell, Christelle, Christene, Christey (see Christy), Christi▼, Christia, Christiaan (see Christian), Christiane, Christianni, Christie▼, Christina▼, Christinea, Christini, Christinna, Christl, Christle, Christleen, Christline, Christmar (see Christina), Christobel, Christon, Christy▼, Christyann (see Christiana), Christyl, Christyna, Christyne, Chrysta, Chrystal▼, Chrystee (see Christina), Chrystele, Chrystie, Chrystina, Chrystine, Chrystle, Chrystyn, Crista, Cristal▼, Cristel, Cristi, Cristian, Cristiana, Cristin▼, Cristina▼, Cristine, Cristle, Cristy▼, Cristyn, Crysta▼, Crystal▼, Khrista, Khristian and Khristya (see Christina). These names tend to be more commonly used than Christmas.
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