Where the spelling 크리스토퍼 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 크리스토퍼 for Christopher.
People in the list with this given name:
- 럭슨, 크리스토퍼 — Christopher Luxon
- 패덕, 크리스토퍼 조지프 — Paddack, Christopher Joseph
- 애퀼리노, 존 (크리스토퍼) — Aquilino, John (Christopher)
…and 30 more in the list.
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
- The official list spells Christopher as 크리스토퍼, although the general rule gives 크리스터퍼.
What Christopher means
Christopher by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 21, 338,809 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 크리스토퍼: 33.
Korean names for Christopher
These are the converter’s results for Christopher as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
이우리Lee UriUsed for boys and girls · 47% sound match
이리오Lee RioBoy’s name · 41% sound match
이건우Lee GeonuBoy’s name · 36% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 이, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics