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Christmas
How to Pronounce Christmas
Pronounced KRIS-muhs /ˈkrɪs.məs/Medium
Meaning: Christmas as a given name is the holiday word itself, from the Old English Cristes maesse, 'Christ's Mass,' the church feast of the Nativity. Parents have occasionally bestowed it on children, most often those born on or near December the twenty-fifth, so the name marks a birthday as much as it honors the celebration.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Christmas is a word-name in the tradition of holiday and virtue names, formed from the Old English for 'Christ's Mass.' Given most often to children born on December the twenty-fifth, it carries clear festive and Christian associations. It has always been a rare, meaningful choice rather than a mainstream name.
Christmas appeared only occasionally across the twentieth century, most often tied to a December birth. A girl named Christmas from its 1980s showing would be about forty today, bearing a name that doubles as a lifelong nod to her birthday.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Christmas mean?
It is the English holiday name, from Christ's Mass, given as a first name, often to a child born on that day.
How do you pronounce Christmas?
It is said KRIS-muhs /ˈkrɪs.məs/ - two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Christmas a boy or girl name?
Christmas is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Christmas?
It was always very rare in the United States, given to only about fourteen girls a year even at its peak, in the nineteen-eighties.