Chrysostom Forename

515,650th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 293 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Grenada

Chrysostom Forename Definition:

From Joannes Chrysostomos, John ‘of the Golden Mouth’, the eloquent C4 bishop, afterwards canonized. Now rare. (From the Greek)

Chrysostom Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda
100%
951:431,12510,672
Greece
100%
391:280,3734,908
DR Congo
100%
271:2,734,35659,996
United States
100%
251:14,501,479130,491
Tanzania
100%
221:2,399,46922,455
Philippines
100%
171:6,235,852101,317
India
100%
151:80,991,8651,179,577
Kenya
100%
81:5,788,38930,473
Malaysia
100%
61:5,074,990119,899
Trinidad and Tobago-51:272,28413,349
England
100%
51:11,120,58476,686
Nigeria
100%
41:44,391,090271,718
South Africa
67%
 
31:18,177,550242,026
Papua New Guinea
100%
31:2,717,438132,395
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Guyana-21:381,63118,312
Canada-21:16,566,68686,787
Lesotho
100%
11:2,039,99747,971
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904

Chrysostom (773) may also be a surname.

Chrysostom Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Joannes Chrysostomos, John ‘of the Golden Mouth’, the eloquent C4 bishop, afterwards canonized. Now rare. (From the Greek)

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Greek (masculine) - Golden-mouthed, fig. of eloquence.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

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