Cristo
English
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cristo is the 37180th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 600 individuals. Cristo is most common among White (53.83%) and Hispanic/Latino (42.0%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cristo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 385.
Galician

The baptism of Jesus Christ, Labrada, Guitiriz
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese Cristo, from Late Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾisto̝/
Derived terms
- cristián
- cristiandade
- cristianismo
- cristo
- cristoloxía
References
- “Cristo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “Cristo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “Cristo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “Cristo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkri.sto/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -isto
- Hyphenation: Crì‧sto
Related terms
- avanti Cristo
- dopo Cristo
- cristiano
- Cristiana
- Cristiano
- Cristina
- cristianesimo
- cristocentrismo
- cristolatria
- cristologia
See also
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɾis.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkɾiʃ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɾis.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɾiʃ.tu/
- Hyphenation: Cris‧to
Spanish
Alternative forms
- Christo (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾisto/ [ˈkɾis.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -isto
- Syllabification: Cris‧to
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Cebuano: Kristo
- → Guaraní: Kirito
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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