THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Cris
Cris is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Cris Hugo, Mike Tolomia. This snapshot links the name to 4 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Clipping of Christopher, Christian, Christine, and their variants.
A unisex given name.; A female given name.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Late Latin Christophorus, from Koine Greek Χρῑστόφορος (Khrīstóphoros, “carrier of Christ”), from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “carrier, bearer”), from φέρειν (phérein, “to carry, to bear”) + -ος (-os, “-er: forming agent nouns”), from the legend of Saint Christopher carrying the infant Jesus across a river.
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English Cristien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós), from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, anointed [one]”) + Latin suffix -ānus. The older form is Christen. Doublet of cretin. By surface analysis, Christ + -ian.
A male given name from Ancient Greek found in England since the twelfth century.; A female given name from Ancient Greek of medieval usage, rare today.
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from French Christine. Doublet of Christina.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Cris
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Mike Tolomia
Filipino basketball player (born 1993)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
4
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Cris Hugo, Mike Tolomia
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Cris in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Cris
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Caris·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Chris♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Iris♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Kris♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Baris♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Crisly·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Crispo·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Cristy♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
What rhymes with Cris?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Cris further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q21147640 — Cris (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Cris Hugo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q21147640 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Mike Tolomia (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q21147640 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Cris (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Cris (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Cris (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Cris (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.