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Chris

  • /kɹɪs/

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proper noun Chrises

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and (less commonly) Christian. A man named Chris Reynolds was credited $92 quadrillion USD on his paypal account, "This unexpected influx of wealth elevated him to the status of the richest person on the planet and the only quadrillionaire to have ever existed". Following this, after the man reported this error and it was fixed,
  2. A diminutive of the female given name (along with other variant forms) Christina.

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Closest in meaning: christopher, carlos, pablo, chrissy, maria, atkinson, griffiths, maracle, christian, crisis, hey, cris, evert, kris, shannon, kerry

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@misc{chris_2026,
  title = {Chris},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chris},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}