Christofer

Meaning of Christofer

Christofer, an orthographic variant of the venerable name Christopher, originates from the Greek Christophoros—formed by the elements christos (“anointed”) and pherein (“to bear”)—and was assimilated into the Anglo-American lexicon through Latin and Old French intermediaries, its adoption of the consonantal “f” in place of the classical “ph” reflecting a phonologically transparent adaptation often associated with Germanic and Scandinavian naming traditions. Throughout the latter half of the twentieth century and into the present, this particular variant has persistently secured a position within the United States Social Security Administration’s top one thousand male names, achieving its greatest relative frequency in the mid-1980s (approaching rank 635) and, as of 2024, stabilizing near rank 894 with thirty recorded instances. Connoting steadfast devotion and protective guardianship by virtue of its connection to Saint Christopher, the apocryphal patron saint of travelers, Christofer conveys an aura of measured orthographic economy and subdued spiritual gravitas within contemporary Anglo-American usage.