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Christopher

in Alabama

There are 662 people with the last name "Christopher" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

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Christopher 947
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  1. is 943rd most common Gross
  2. is 944th most common Lyles
  3. is 945th most common Whitley
  4. is 946th most common Shepard
  5. is 947th most common Christopher
  6. is 948th most common Vaughan
  7. is 949th most common Rainey
  8. is 950th most common Mckinley
  9. is 951st most common Braswell

Most Common First Names for Christopher

James, William, David, Robert, Thomas, Billy, Debra, Mary, Wayne, Barbara

Meaning & History

English: from a medieval personal name which ostensibly means ‘bearer of Christ’, Latin Christopherus, Greek Khristophoros, from Khristos ‘Christ’. Compare Christian + -pher-, -phor- ‘carry’. This was borne by a rather obscure 3rd-century martyred saint. His name was relatively common among early Christians, who desired to bear Christ metaphorically with them in their daily lives. Subsequently, the name was explained by a folk etymology according to which the saint carried the infant Christ across a ford and so became the patron saint of travelers. In this guise he was enormously popular in the Middle Ages, and many inns were named with the sign of St. Christopher. In some instances the surname may have derived originally from residence at or association with such an inn. As an American family name, Christopher has absorbed cognates from other continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)

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