Kristo

Borrowed from Spanish Cristo, from Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), a calque of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māshīaχ, “anointer”).

• Hyphenation: Kris‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾisto/, [ˈkɾ̪is̪.t̪ɔ]

Krísto (Badlit spelling ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. Jesus Christ

From Latin Chrīstus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “anointed”), in translation of Hebrew משיח (māshīaχ, “anointed”) (see mesio).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkristo/

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• Rhymes: -isto

Kristo (accusative singular Kriston, plural Kristoj, accusative plural Kristojn)

1. Christ

• Jesuo (“Jesus”)

Kristo

1. a male given name, short form of Kristjan (“Christian”) and Kristofer (“Christopher”)

A rare variant of Risto (“Christopher”), sometimes also derived from Kristian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkristo/, [ˈkris̠to̞]
• Rhymes: -isto
• Syllabification^(key): Kris‧to

Kristo

1. a male given name
   • 1864, Aleksis Kivi, Nummisuutarit, SKS, published 1956, act I:

     Takanain se on, mutta edessäni on se kuuluisa suutarin Martta ja tässä on ottotyttärensä sulhainen, Kristo, nuori ja uljas seppä.

     It is behind me, yet in front of me lies the noted Martta, wife of the cobbler, and here stands her adopted daughter's groom, Kristo, the young and valiant smith.

2. a Finnish surname transferred from the given name

• Kristo is the 742^nd (tied with 4 other names) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 187 male individuals (and as a middle name to 82 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• Kristo is the 3061^st (tied with 14 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 254 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkristɔ/

Kristo m anim (genitive singular Krista, nominative plural Kristovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a diminutive of the male given name Kristián

• “Kristián”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Kristo

1. Christ

• Yesu Kristo
• Mkristo
• Ukristo

• Cqiristo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• Cristo
• Kiristo — obsolete

Borrowed from Spanish Cristo, from Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “the anointed one”), a calque of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) and Biblical Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʾ). See also Mesiyas and English Messiah.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾisto/ [ˈkɾis.to]
• Rhymes: -isto
• Syllabification: Kris‧to

Kristo (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. Christ

• “Kristo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 201: “Criſto) Cqiriſto (pp) C. nueſtro Dios y ſeñor cruçificado”