Krister

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Norwegian
Danish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Variant spelling of Christer

Related Names

See Christer

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Kristersson

Female

Kristersdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Krister
Genitive:	Kristers

- Finnish
Nominative:	Krister
Genitive:	Kristerin
Partitive:	Kristeriä

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Krister
Accusative:	Krister
Dative:	Krister
Genitive:	Kristers

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Krister
Genitive:	Kristers

- Swedish
Nominative:	Krister
Genitive:	Kristers

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

13 November

Sweden

13 November

Further Information

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1940s
  • 1940-1959
• Norway:
  • 1960-2000
  • 1985-1995

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway:
  • Østfold
  • Hordaland

Namesakes

• Jan Krister Allan Henriksson (born 12 November 1946), Swedish actor

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		6831	17356	0	0	6831	17356
Finland		n.a.	3514	0	0	n.a.	3514
Denmark		35	n.a.	0	n.a.	35	n.a.
Iceland		3	3	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		0	3	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		768	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	768	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

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