Christer

Christ +‎ -er

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹaɪstɚ/

Christer (plural Christers)

1. (sometimes derogatory) A Christian who publicly displays his or her religion.
   • 1917, L. V. Hodgkin, A Book of Quaker Saints,

     The village people called his father 'Righteous Christer,' which shows that he too must have been 'stiff as a tree' in following what he knew to be right.

• (person who publicly displays his religion): fundamentalist, fanatic, witness

• Richerts

Christer

1. A male given name derived from Christian, through a medieval form Christiern.

• Krister

Variant of Christian through a medieval form Christiern. First recorded in Sweden in 1484.

Christer c (genitive Christers)

1. A male given name.

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 60 621 males with the given name Christer living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.