Kris
Barely 80 people in all of Poland carry Kris, nearly all of them men. Most Poles have never met one. The name comes from Greek and means "bearing Christ".
Kris Pronunciation
Kris is pronounced KREES (/kris/).
What Kris means
Where Kris comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
"Kris" comes from Greek, from the same root that gave the world Christophoros, "bearing Christ." The short meaning holds to that origin: one who carries Christ. In Poland the fuller form is Krzysztof, and Kris sits close to the English Chris, a clip of names built on that Greek stem.
The Greek Christophoros joined christos with the verb pherein, to carry. Saint Christopher became the patron of travelers, and his feast falls on 25 July. A boy named Kris shares in that meaning whether or not he ever hears the legend.
On a class register the four letters read fast. Short one. It fits a form at the urząd without a second glance, and it answers to a teacher on the first call.
The meaning stays plain across all of it: bearing Christ, the sense the Greek gave it.
How many people are named Kris
1 in 270205 men in Poland is named Kris. 82 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3914 among male names.
Kris's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Kris as a middle name
Kris is a first name for 82 men in Poland and a middle name for another 47, a 64/36 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1119th, between Kiejstut (47) and Massimo (47).
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#1117 Jaremi47
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#1118 Kiejstut47
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#1119 Kris47
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#1120 Massimo47
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#1121 Orfeusz47