Christoffer Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

There is no single Christoffer family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Family name meaning

In census returns, Christoffer often stands in for Christopher. The family name meaning is “Bearer of Christ”, the same as for Christopher.

Christoffer is listed among the recognised spellings of Christopher. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Christophers, Christophe and Christov. Christoffer ranked 60,790 in the 2010 US Census, with 331 people answering to the name. That puts it inside the top 100,000 US surnames.

Get the complete Christoffer report, with a museum-style coat of arms.