The Christophe Family Name

Clerks wrote Christopher in many ways, and Christophe is one that stuck. The name is generally explained as “Bearer of Christ”.

• Related forms: Christoph, Christophers and Christov.
• Records show Christophe as one of the forms Christopher took over time.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• About 860 people in the United States were recorded as Christophe in 2010, placing it 27,898 on the national list. French civil records give 7,897 births under the name Christophe from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1951–1960.

Heraldry and the Christophe name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Christophe, so the heraldry linked to Christopher is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Christophe surname pack.