How to write “Christopher or Kristopher” in Korean

크리스토퍼 keu-ri-seu-to-peo

What Korean friends call you

크리스토퍼야 keu-ri-seu-to-peo-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
크리스토퍼 씨 keu-ri-seu-to-peo-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work

Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.

Korean labels of 210 people named Christopher on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

Well-known people named Christopher or Kristopher, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):

1,974,914 babies were named Christopher in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 5th most common name.

크 = ㅋ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
- ㅋ 키읔 (k) · 2 strokes
- ㅡ 으 (eu) · 1 stroke
Also in 크: Christian 크리스천 · Luke 루크 · Blake 블레이크
리 = ㄹ + ㅣ · 4 strokes
- ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
- ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke
Also in 리: Emily 에밀리 · William 윌리엄 · Olivia 올리비아
스 = ㅅ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
- ㅅ 시옷 (s) · 2 strokes
- ㅡ 으 (eu) · 1 stroke
Also in 스: Nicholas 니콜라스 · James 제임스 · Alexis 알렉시스
토 = ㅌ + ㅗ · 5 strokes
- ㅌ 티읕 (t) · 3 strokes
- ㅗ 오 (o) · 2 strokes
Also in 토: Thomas 토머스 · Victoria 빅토리아 · Antonio 안토니오
퍼 = ㅍ + ㅓ · 6 strokes
- ㅍ 피읖 (p) · 4 strokes
- ㅓ 어 (eo) · 2 strokes
Also in 퍼: Jennifer 제니퍼 · Cooper 쿠퍼 · Harper 하퍼

크리스토퍼 takes 21 strokes in all.