Chris is a ♀ girl name and a ♂ boy name. That makes Chris one of the gender-neutral unisex names.
Chris is a short form of Christina, Christiane, Christian or Christopher and therefore is a unisex name.
Chris means “a Christian“ or “follower of Christ” and “anointed” (from ancient Greek “khrístós/χρίστός” = anointed one or “khrío/χρίω” = to anoint, originally from Hebrew “mashíakh/מָשִׁיחַ” = anointed/messiah).
Based on the frequency of positive ratings, we can analyze how popular names are in different countries. The name Chris is currently ranked #2456 on the name leaderboard.
Curious about more trends? Find out which names are most popular in the USA, Canada, Australia, and worldwide.

| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
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| 🇦🇺 Australia | - | - | - | ✓ | - |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | - | ✓ | - | - | ✓ |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | ✓ |
| 🇫🇷 France | - | - | - | - | ✓ |
| 🇬🇧 Great Britain | - | - | - | ✓ | - |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ |
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