Christoffersen

Christoffersen (Danish: [kʰʁiˈstʌfɐsn̩], Urban East Norwegian: [krɪˈstɔ̀fːəʂɳ̍]) is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname, literally meaning son of Christoffer, the North Germanic form of the Greek given name Χριστόφορος, Christóphοros. There are two less common spelling variants Kristoffersen and Christophersen; they have identical pronunciation. In Denmark, the three spelling variants are the 53rd, 83rd, and 205th (respectively) most popular surnames.^[1] In Norway, Kristoffersen is the commoner form, but Christoffersen is also found. Occurrence of the surname outside Denmark, Norway and Schleswig-Holstein is due to migration. Immigrants to English-speaking countries sometimes changed the spelling to Christofferson, Kristofferson, or Christopherson.

People

• Asmund Kristoffersen (born 1944), Norwegian politician
• Chris Christoffersen (born 1979), former Danish basketball player
• Christin Kristoffersen (born 1973), Norwegian politician
• D. Todd Christofferson (born 1945), American religious leader
• David Christopherson (born 1954), Canadian politician
• Debra Christofferson (born 1963), American actress
• Dorthe Kristoffersen (1906–1976), Greenlandic sculptor
• Ellen Christoffersen (born 1972), Greenlandic politician
• Eric Christoffersen of Denmark (c. 1307 – early 1332), Danish junior king
• Frank Christopherson Jr. (1927–2020), American politician
• Frode Kristoffersen (1931–2016), Danish journalist and politician
• Hans Christian Christoffersen (1882–1966), Norwegian chess player
• Henning Christophersen (1939–2016), Danish politician, vice-president of the European Commission 1985–1995
• Henrik Kristoffersen (born 1994), Norwegian alpine skier
• Hjalmar Christoffersen (1889–1966), Danish amateur footballer
• John Christopherson (died 1558) was Chaplain and confessor
• John Christophersen (c.1951–2021), Aboriginal Australian activist, father of Nova Peris and council member of the Northern Land Council
• John Christopherson (cricketer) (1909–1999), English cricketer
• John Brian Christopherson (1868–1955), British physician
• Julian Kristoffersen (born 1997), Norwegian footballer
• K'itura Kristoffersen (born 1939), Greenlandic sculptor
• Kris Kristofferson (1936–2024), U.S. country music songwriter, singer and actor
• Lone Kristoffersen (born 1961), Danish female curler
• Percy Christopherson (1866–1921), English cricketer
• Peter Christopherson (1955–2010), British musician
• Quinn Christopherson, American singer-songwriter
• Sara Kristoffersen (1937–2008), Greenlandic sculptor
• Scott Christopherson (born 1989), American basketball player
• Stanley Christopherson (1861–1949), English cricketer
• Thies Christophersen (1918–1997), German Holocaust denier

Places

• Christoffersen Heights, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
• Christoffersen Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica

See also

• Kristofferson (disambiguation)