MEANING & HISTORY
What does Tope mean?
Tope is explicitly documented as a familiar form of Christopher in Cebuano. The older Greek name combines Christ and bearing, independently checked in the historical dictionary.
That inherited meaning is supported through the exact parent rather than guessed from Tope's letters. The history describes a personal-name formation, not the modern bearer's religion or a requirement to use Christopher as a longer official name.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
A diminutive of Christopher.
a diminutive of the male given name Christopher
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Tope in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Tope
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
- Hope♀Hope; English virtue name
- Lope♂Wolf
- Toper♂Christ-bearer, through shortened Christopher
- Toby♂Medieval familiar form of Tobias
- Todd♂Fox, through an English surname
- Tom♂Short form of Thomas; twin
- Toni♂♀Familiar form of Antonia or Antonio
- Tony♂♀Short form of Anthony or Antony
What rhymes with Tope?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Tope further
Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Tope (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources — Christopher (opens in a new tab)
Greek Christ and bearing elements.