Message: "Christer" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Christer

by xPrincess27x

1/12/2011, 11:25 AM

WDYTO Christer for a boy? Is it usable in England?
Could you suggest some middle names?

Thank you.

#Christer

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- Mareasi (Free_Spirited_Girly)

1/13/2011, 3:31 AM

I like it, it's very handsome and manly. Plus completley usable in the UK

Christer Declan
Christer Barnaby
Christer James
Christer Ramsey

- kudriashkajo (guest)

1/12/2011, 1:39 PM

Cool. It reminds me of Christopher but also Chester. I like it as an alternative to Christopher and Christian. I think it'd be usable. Some people might think it's a nickname for Christopher, but that is easily corrected. Good find.

- Bear +3

1/12/2011, 12:42 PM

I don't know about England. But here in the U.S. people would think it was Christ with a long "i" sound with an "r" on the end. And it wouldn't go over well. But the U.K. doesn't have our fundamentalist streak and so it might work.

I prefer Kester over Christer for clarity.

- AMR71

1/13/2011, 9:39 AM

"Christer" is sometimes used in the U.S. as a derogatory term for fundamentalist Christians. So it definitely wouldn't go over well here. The situation is probably different overseas.

http://therevealer.org/archives/1866

- kud (guest)

1/12/2011, 1:35 PM

I'd never seen it before, but my tendency was to pronounce it Chris-ter.

- apolline (guest)

1/12/2011, 1:27 PM

I'm not sure why they'd think it has a long "i" sound in the U.S. Looks to me like it'd be pronounced Chris-ter.

Either way, yes. I think it is perfectly usable. A nice change from Christopher and Christian.

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