Origin
Kristof : Hungarian (Kristóf); Czech Slovak Slovenian and Croatian (Krištof): from the personal names Kristóf and Krištof equivalents of Greek Christophoros (see Christopher). In North America this surname may also be a shortened form of any of patronymics and other derivatives of these personal names. Compare Kristoff.
Christopher : English German West Indian (mainly Trinidad and Tobago Antigua and Barbuda and British Virgin Islands) and African (mainly Nigeria and Tanzania): from the English and German personal name Christopher from Greek Christophoros ‘Christ-bearing’ (see Christ 1). This was borne by a rather obscure 3rd-century Christian martyr. His name was relatively common among early Christians who desired to bear Jesus 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. Despite the widespread veneration and depiction of this saint this was not a very common personal name in medieval England and may in some instances have a habitational origin for someone living for example in Saint Christopher parish (Saint Christopher le Stocks London). In North America the English form of the surname has absorbed the German variant Christoffer and cognates from other languages e.g. Hungarian Kristóf and Czech Slovak Slovenian and Croatian Krištof (see Kristof). The usual German form of the name is Christoph.
Cristo : 1: Spanish Italian (Sardinia and Lazio) and Portuguese: from the personal name Cristo ‘Christ’ from Latin Christus Greek Christos (see Christ 1).2: American shortened and altered form of any of various Greek derivatives of the personal name Christos.3: American shortened and altered form of Bulgarian or Macedonian Hristov.4: Americanized form of Albanian Kristo and in some cases also of Croatian or Slovak Krišto (see Kristo 2) and possibly also a shortened and altered form of Croatian Slovenian or Slovak Krištof ‘Christopher’ (see Kristof). Compare Christo.
Krisko : Ukrainian; Slovak (Kriško): from a pet form of the personal names Khrystofor (Ukrainian) Krištof (Slovak) equivalents of Christopher.
Kristo : 1: Albanian: from a short form of the personal name Kristofor an equivalent of Christopher.2: Croatian and Slovak (Krišto): from a vernacular short form of the personal name Croatian Kristofor or Croatian and Slovak Krištof ‘Christopher’ (see Kristof). Compare Cristo.
Kristoff : 1: Westernized form of Bulgarian and Macedonian patronymic Hristov and of its variant Kristov which is from an altered form of the personal name Hristo. Compare Christoff.2: Americanized form of Hungarian Kristóf and Czech Slovak Slovenian and Croatian Krištof (see Kristof).
Kriston : 1: Hungarian; Slovak (Krišton): from a derivative of the personal name Hungarian Kristóf Slovak Krištof ‘Christopher’ (see Kristof). This surname is very rare in Slovakia.2: Czech (Kristoň): from a pet form of the personal name Kristián (see Christian).
Stofko : Slovak (Štofko): from a pet form of the personal name Krištof Greek Christophoros (see Christopher). Alternatively it may be from a diminutive of štof (from German Stoff) ‘woollen fabric cloth’.
More
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
Subject to the Terms and Conditions of Ancestry
