Cristobal

Cristobal: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“bearing Christ”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
kris-TOH-bahl · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys

Spanish form of Christopher, from Greek Christophoros. Accent is often written as Cristóbal in Spanish.

How popular is Cristobal?

202437.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Cristobal in 2024122

2024 rank#1,480 boys

Peak year2001

Total US babies since 18807,896

Cristobal has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Cristobal

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Cristobal questions

What does the name Cristobal mean?

Cristobal means "bearing Christ". It comes from Spanish. Spanish form of Christopher, from Greek Christophoros. Accent is often written as Cristóbal in Spanish.

Is Cristobal a boy or girl name?

Cristobal is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Cristobal?

122 US babies were named Cristobal in 2024. Its peak year was 2001.

How do you pronounce Cristobal?

Cristobal is usually pronounced kris-TOH-bahl.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.